Jérôme M. Berger Wrote: > foobar wrote: > > Tomek SowiÅski Wrote: > > > >> Andrej Mitrovic napisaÅ: > >> > >>> If you really want to set up a column limit that *everyone* has to abide > >>> to, then make a poll to see what everyone can agree on. > >> Actually that's a splendid idea. Let's take it easy. Regardless of that > >> silly beef I'm really curious what distribution will emerge. > >> > >> What is your preferred *maximum* length for a line of D code? (please > >> reply with a number only) > >> > >> -- > >> Tomek > >> > > > > I think that putting an artificial limit is incredibly stupid. Haven't > > anyone here learned the "No magic numbers" rule?!?! > > > > Walter correctly pointed out that it's harder to read long rows, however, > > unlike printed text and ancient terminals, current display technology is > > much more dynamic. > > Font size, zoom level, screen form-factor, window size, resolution, etc > > means that each person can configure his own individual optimal view. > > > > As the OP said, use word wrap and adjust your editor window width/font > > size/zoom level/etc to your liking. > > If your editor does not support this "new" feature, go get a new editor and > > don't bother other people with different preferences. > > Stop forcing this moronic "one size fits all" attitude on everyone. > > Do you know of any editor that can word wrap *while respecting > indentation*? Any editor I know will wrap to the first column, which > renders indentation pointless in the presence of long lines... > > Jerome > -- > mailto:jeber...@free.fr > http://jeberger.free.fr > Jabber: jeber...@jabber.fr > >
I personally prefer long lines and always code (in eclipse) when the code editor is maximized. I never needed to word-wrap code due to my preferences but every time I need to edit code written by a co-worker that uses Emacs on only a third of the screen I struggle with the many redundant line breaks that just keep breaking my train of thought. I'm sure that it's trivial to add to a code editor that already provides auto indentation a mode to do the same for word-wrap if it doesn't do that yet. In any case, Even without that, it's much more readable than forcing redundant line breaks in the middle of code-lines (e.g. "sentences").
