On the other hand, having had to read as many dumps as I once did, and having received too many files that were formatted for print, I am accustomed to 132 and find that it has none of the drawbacks that 80 byte widths present, i.e. too short to be of any use, too cramped for comments on program lines, etc. And scanning back and forth is no more of a problem than scanning up and down. :-)
Regards, Richard Schuh -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 10:45 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM 5.3 FLIST On Dec 14, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: > I have been ready for years to stop reformatting data to accomodate 80 > columns. Back when we used Real 3270s, that was an issue. No longer. > It is time to take a bold step forward into the 1990s. That's enough outta you, heretic. 80 columns is the right width: long enough to be useful, short enough that you don't have to scan back and forth a lot to read a line. 132 columns is unpleasant. Adam
