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> I am considering an ultra-wide monitor(the only thing really missing from my home setup at this point) but even at a 1920x1080 on all my monitors, 80 characte
by zajio1am 5y ago
> I am considering an ultra-wide monitor(the only thing really missing from my home setup at this point) but even at a 1920x1080 on all my monitors, 80 characters occupy at most 25-30% of my entire screen
It is common for people to use split-screen setup (two files / editor buffers in parallel). On common 1920x1080 screen with 10px-wide font, you have 2x96, so something like 80-90 columns is ideal.
- axegon_ 5y agoMonospace at font size 9 is 272 characters per line.
- zajio1am 5y agoYes, but that would be 7px-wide font. Even in 80s the default VGA font was 9px-wide and that was considered important improvement over EGA 8px-wide. And that was on monitors with lower DPI that is common on 1920x1080, so i would assume that 10px-wide is minimal ergonomical size for many people (on standard 96 DPI).