On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 12:20:28PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 01 Mar 2002 05:11:07 -0600, FVWM CVS wrote: > > > > Changes by: domivogt 02/03/01 05:11:07 > > > > Modified files: > > fvwm : fvwm2.1 > > > > Log message: > > * Man page corrections and reformatting. > > A question. Dominik, you reformat all lines using 66 chars-per-line limit.
I believe 66 characters is the value recommended by the netiquette for email. At least I remember reading this somewhere a long time ago. > I may think why this can be useful in email (to allow 7 reply levels), > although in reality noone else uses 66 chars limit, so it does not help. > > But is there a reason to use such small value for the man page sources, > NEWS, FAQ? I use it in the NEWS, FAQ and ANNOUNCE files because we sometimes email them. For the man page, the reason is readability. I find it hard to read and edit the man page source with 80 characters. I see no problem if others use longer lines in the man page, but sometimes I clean that up again (like today). Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LifeBits Aktiengesellschaft, Albrechtstr. 9, D-72072 Tuebingen fon: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-0, fax: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-20 -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
