[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Changing line widths in the Emacs source code
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
Changing line widths in the Emacs source code |
Date: |
Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:45:57 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Now for the most controversial suggestion of all: Make the Emacs code
wider!
Emacs has tried to keep the line width of the source code at 80
characters since Emacs was created. It was a good choice (perhaps the
only) back then, but most screens are wide and short these days, and the
folding contortions we have to do to make everything fit in 80
characters is sometimes annoying, and leads to code that's awkward to
read.
So my suggestion is: Change the default to 100.
(This, of course, doesn't mean that we change any of the existing code,
but we stop formatting all new code to fit within 80 columns, and
instead aim for 100 instead.)
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
- Changing line widths in the Emacs source code,
Lars Ingebrigtsen <=
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Stefan Kangas, 2020/09/13
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/09/13
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Stefan Kangas, 2020/09/13
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/09/13
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Yuan Fu, 2020/09/13
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/09/13
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Stephen Leake, 2020/09/13
- RE: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, arthur miller, 2020/09/13
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Eric Abrahamsen, 2020/09/13
- Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code, Stephen Leake, 2020/09/13