(Was: On 80 columns should (not) be enough for everyone)

[foobar]

Jérôme M. Berger Wrote:

> foobar wrote:
> > Tomek Sowiński Wrote:
> > 
> >> Andrej Mitrovic napisał:
> >>
> >>> If you really want to set up a column limit that *everyone* has to abide to, then make a poll to see what everyone can agree on.
> >> Actually that's a splendid idea. Let's take it easy. Regardless of that silly beef I'm really curious what distribution will emerge.
> >>
> >> What is your preferred *maximum* length for a line of D code? (please reply with a number only)
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Tomek
> >>
> > 
> > I think that putting an artificial limit is incredibly stupid. Haven't anyone here learned the "No magic numbers" rule?!?!
> > 
> > Walter correctly pointed out that it's harder to read long rows, however, unlike printed text and ancient terminals, current display technology is much more dynamic. 
> > Font size, zoom level, screen form-factor, window size, resolution, etc means that each person can configure his own individual optimal view. 
> > 
> > As the OP said, use word wrap and adjust your editor window width/font size/zoom level/etc to your liking. 
> > If your editor does not support this "new" feature, go get a new editor and don't bother other people with different preferences.
> > Stop forcing this moronic "one size fits all" attitude on everyone. 
> 
> 	Do you know of any editor that can word wrap *while respecting
> indentation*? Any editor I know will wrap to the first column, which
> renders indentation pointless in the presence of long lines...
> 
> 		Jerome
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I personally prefer long lines and always code (in eclipse) when the code editor is maximized. I never needed to word-wrap code due to my preferences but every time I need to edit code written by a co-worker that uses Emacs on only a third of the screen I struggle with the many redundant line breaks that just keep breaking my train of thought. 
I'm sure that it's trivial to add to a code editor that already provides auto indentation a mode to do the same for word-wrap if it doesn't do that yet. In any case, Even without that, it's much more readable than forcing redundant line breaks in the middle of code-lines (e.g. "sentences").