Phil Steitz wrote on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:27 AM: > On 3/28/06, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 3/28/06, Gary Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> -----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.
Try to use proportional fonts. Ist arted using it years ago and I will never go back. So linelength gets somewhat pointless :) >>> 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. >> >> >> Perhaps agreement among some subset of us - the components I've >> worked on use 80 characters. ;-) >> > > The number 80 has numerological properties that imbue the code with a > special quality that obviously only you and I appreciate, Martin. > > Mailers wrapping commit diffs is a sign that we have offended the Gods > when we code "beyond the end of the card" ;-) STOP. We must limit the line length to 76. Any longer line will be wrapped by my mailer. :D - Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
