Exceptional coding style

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:48:13AM +0100, bearophile wrote:
> mist:
> 
> >I am most unpleasant with vertical space point. Times when screen
> >space was that important are long gone - I generally can
> >understand less at once than can possibly fit with 9th font size
> >on 24 inch screen.
> 
> I prefer a larger font and less wasted lines.
> The very very airy style of C# coding worsens my code understanding.

+1.

Larger font makes it easier on my eyes. I always maximize any code
window and increase the font size until its roughly 80 columns.


> >And extra vertical spaces are like semantic formatting tools for
> >plain text - can group related blocks perfectly and speed up
> >reading.
> 
> The idea of not wasting lines doesn't go against the idea of adding
> blank lines to create code paragraphs. When you are adding a line to
> divide chunks, you are not wasting vertical space, it's a well used
> line :-)
[...]

+1.


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