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Just a note: books, magazines, slide decks (and more*) aren't getting any wider. As time goes on, and code and command output gets wider, it's getting a bit har
by brendangregg 5y ago
Just a note: books, magazines, slide decks (and more*) aren't getting any wider. As time goes on, and code and command output gets wider, it's getting a bit harder to write educational materials. I have slide decks and books that have "here's the left hand side of iostat -x" then "here's the right hand side." With the latest sysstat/iostat version, that's only getting worse (it may need three parts). That's fine if it's truly necessary.
When I develop new tools, I try to keep the default output within 80 chars if possible -- not because of terminals -- but because of all the other locations the output may appear.
* also for jira tickets, github threads, random blog posts, etc., for the output to stay on screen without fiddling with a horizontal scrollbar.