Re: [PATCH] Set text wrap policy of wrapping at 75th column

2010-08-28 Thread Yawar Amin
On 2010-08-28, at 12:22, Christian Stimming wrote: > Dear Yawar, > > we can readily apply your patch, thanks. However, I very much doubt that the > wording in the HACKING file has much effect on how actual developers will > actually deal with their source code and/or documentation files. In Ge

Re: [PATCH] Set text wrap policy of wrapping at 75th column

2010-08-28 Thread Christian Stimming
Dear Yawar, we can readily apply your patch, thanks. However, I very much doubt that the wording in the HACKING file has much effect on how actual developers will actually deal with their source code and/or documentation files. In German I would add the saying, "you can suggest a lot of things

[PATCH] Set text wrap policy of wrapping at 75th column

2010-08-26 Thread Yawar Amin
I just searched through the HACKING file, archives, website and wiki--there's no set guideline on the column at which hard wrapping should take place, and it varies from file to file. Do we have a policy on this? If not, I suggest wrapping at 75 chars and putting a note in the HACKING file. Pat