> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin > Cooper > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:02 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [all] Line width and such minutiae > > On 3/28/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 3/28/06, Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My personal preference is 80 column line widths, partly because this > > > makes diffs readable. > > > > Sorry, forgot to add this to the other email. > > > > For the record, I like 120 column line widths. Java's a verbose > > language, 80 feels cramped. People can print in landscape :) > > > For me, printing is not the issue, side-by-side diffs are the issue. I > hate > having to scroll horizontally all the time to see the actual diffs. That's > why I'm with Phil on 80 character widths.
This sounds to me like a problem with a particular diff tool. I do not think we should restrict our source code based on the limitations of /one/ tool. For those of us using Eclipse, this is not an issue since the tool (Eclipse) presents a nice user-interface that allows me to focus on the nature of the changes as opposed to the changes and the format the changes are given in. We use 120 at work. I think we got the idea from Jakarata Commons but I cannot find a link right now. Plenty of Commons projects use 120, so the number must come from some previous agreement. Gary > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > Hen > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
