[docs] winedev: Update code columns limit (resend)

James McKenzie jjmckenzie51 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 23 18:05:01 CDT 2011


On 7/23/11 3:33 PM, Andrew Eikum wrote:
> On 07/23/2011 05:02 PM, Francois Gouget wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, André Hentschel wrote:
>> [...]
>>> -        Code is usually limited to 80 columns. This helps prevent
>>> -        mailers mangling patches by line wrap. Also it generally
>>> +        Code is usually limited to 100 columns. It generally
>>
>> I'd prefer to keep the 80 columns recommandation.
>
> +1
>
> I have never seen a terminal emulator that defaults to anything other 
> than 80 columns.
>
>
>
This limit exists because of the old Hollerith cards.  You can set the 
width of your terminal session to whatever you want as a default.

James




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