On 2016-11-28, Martin Pieuchot <m...@openbsd.org> wrote: > vether(4) has a long name. Let's extend to output of these tools to > 80 chars to make vetherX fit in the columns.
There was a historical reason for avoiding 80-column-wide output. On a terminal without the "VT100 glitch" feature, after you write to the 80th column, the cursor will wrap to the next line. If you then issue a newline, the cursor will move down another line, leaving an empty line. Terminals without the VT100 glitch effectively no longer exist, though. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
