On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Raj Mathur <r...@linux-delhi.org> wrote: > In addition, the 80-character limit on code is a reasonable limit, both > for the reason pointed out above and because length of lines of code > varies a lot, with typical ones being short. For instance, on analysing > ~30,000 lines of code I'd written (not including 0-length lines and > comments) I find the following: > > Maximum length: 129 > Minimum length: 1 > Median length: 18 > Mean length: 23 > Std deviation: 21.5 (well, you can expect that to be high) > > So looks like even if I don't wrap at 80, the median and mean line > lengths are likely to be between 20 and 30. Can I please have that 4:3 > monitor now? :)
Personally, I use a vertical split emacs window with Inconsolata 12pt font on a 22" 1680x1050 screen. This gives me *two* >80 col wide windows side-by-side. Works like a charm for multi-file coding (is there any other kind left?) and diff etc. Not to mention the Inconcolata beauty! :-) A similar setup should work for a 21" monitor with appropriate font point size. ~Vipul -- Vipul Mathur FOAF: http://vipulmathur.org/foaf.rdf#VM _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
