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> Is the 80 col limit still valid in the modern day with such large screen displays? Yes. With my previous notebook screen (1440x900) I could fit two 83-charac

by sid0 17y ago

> Is the 80 col limit still valid in the modern day with such large screen displays? Yes. With my previous notebook screen (1440x900) I could fit two 83-character-wide Emacs buffers side by side. With my current screen (1600x900) I can fit two 94-character-wide Emacs buffers side by side.

Groxx 17y ago
And if you turn on wrap-to-screen? If you've got line numbers and/or overflow indicators, wrapped text is easy to read.
- sid0 17y ago
  I do have both line numbers and overflow indicators on, but I still find wrapped text (especially if an identifier is broken into two) harder to read.