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I just plead to my fellow developers to stay well under 80 columns... my largest monitor in a readable font can fit 77 characters wide.
by clcaev 5y ago
I just plead to my fellow developers to stay well under 80 columns... my largest monitor in a readable font can fit 77 characters wide.
- Stratoscope 5y agoWord wrap and proportional fonts are your friend. Contrary to what many developers believe, coding in a proportional font can be quite practical and enjoyable. And it fits a lot more horizontal text on the screen for the same visual font size. There are some exceptions, of course, such as code dealing with bit patterns or matrices where you want things to align vertically. But for most of the code most of us read and write, that isn't an issue. As a specific example, Python code formatted with Black is equally readable in a monospaced or proportional font. And then when a line is too long - whatever font you use - word wrap fixes it. Even if word wrapping looks a little sloppy sometimes, it sure beats having to scroll horizontally.
- Nition 5y agoI kinda wish there was a version of Fira Sans with the ligatures from Fira Code. I code with a monospaced front right now, but I agree with you that there's rarely a serious need for it, and proportional can be easier to read.
- lupire 5y agoHow big is your monitor?
- top_kekeroni_m8 5y agoI have a 27" 1440p monitor and a readable font has 400 characters width. What kind of monitor are you using my dude, are you legally blind?