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Re: Another neat Eclipse'ism
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Another neat Eclipse'ism |
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Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:22:26 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
> That put me in a minority of one. Most of the existing code seemed to
> have been written by people who felt that entire methods should
> consist of a single line of code ... well a slight exaggeration but it
> makes the point. Fixing this code in Emacs is a piece of cake between
Since the 80-columns rule has nothing to do with screen size but with
the human brain, maybe you can find some relevant software-engineering
principles (probably alongside cyclomatic complexity or something ;-).
It might allow you to make a stronger case.
>> Personally, I use a much simpler solution: I use my right window border
>> as "vertical column". It has worked for as long as I remember (even
>> under xterm) and it saves screen real estate.
> This has the consequence of either having text off screen or folded
> with ugly fringe arrows.
That's OK: 99% of those cases need to be fixed, so I fix them.
The remaining cases where a long line is a better choice than the
alternatives are sufficiently rare that it's a non-issue.
> Both are past my pain threshold.
That's the intention: it compels you to fix the buggers.
Stefan
- Another neat Eclipse'ism, Paul Michael Reilly, 2008/06/19
- Re: Another neat Eclipse'ism, David Hansen, 2008/06/19
- RE: Another neat Eclipse'ism, Drew Adams, 2008/06/20
- Re: Another neat Eclipse'ism, Paul Michael Reilly, 2008/06/21
- Re: Another neat Eclipse'ism, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/06/21
- RE: Another neat Eclipse'ism, Drew Adams, 2008/06/21