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That’s interesting, IIRC short lines are supposed to increase readability because longer ones are harder to mentally wrap.
by jklm 7y ago
That’s interesting, IIRC short lines are supposed to increase readability because longer ones are harder to mentally wrap.
- ceejayoz 7y agoSure, but there’s no reason that has to be done manually. Leave it to the client.
- yawaramin 7y agoMost clients don't wrap in a way that helps readability, though. Look at Hacker News comments for example. At 1:1 zoom the text is spread out across the screen in super-wide lines that are hard to read. The classic recommended 72-char hard wrap guarantees a good reading experience on all but the narrowest of screens.
- Reelin 7y agoI often browser HN in a half width window for this exact reason. To be clear, I don't fault HN for this; I can trivially resize my window to whatever works best for me. Commit messages are different because people often interact with them via command line based tooling.