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Subject: Re: [gentoo-pms] Fill column (was: Re: Clarify line continuation in 
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2010/1/17 Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>:
>>>>>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Christian Faulhammer wrote:
>> =A0A thing I would like to talk about it. =A0Why is the line wrap the wa=
y
>> it is? =A0Emacs always complains and he has the authority regarding line
>> wrap.
>
> Lines with a width of 100 characters are hard to read, therefore I
> would much prefer a more conventional value like 70 or 72. Maybe with
> exceptions for some of the tables.
>
> A good time for making such a change would be when EAPI 3 is finished.
> What do you think?

Oh heck no. There's no excuse for using 70 or 80 columns for source
code any more. My old laptop can fit 100 across the screen
comfortably, which is much cleaner to work with.

This bikeshed does not need repainting bright pink with orange spots.

--=20
Ciaran McCreesh