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This is something I've attempted to adopt at a few times, but I come back to editing the text closer to the format in which I'll read it. Whenever I try to ana
by kqr 4y ago
This is something I've attempted to adopt at a few times, but I come back to editing the text closer to the format in which I'll read it.
Whenever I try to analyse my reasons for this, I find they're all bogus except perhaps one: with fewer linebreaks, there's a higher density of stuff on screen, which means I can refer back to more text as I'm writing. I don't think this is a particularly good reason in the age of marks, though.
- kragen 4y agoprobably in 01974 with an asr-33 printing 10 characters per second†, where you also had the ability to tear off an unlimited amount of scrollback and arrange it on your desk wherever you wish, the ergonomic considerations were somewhat different ______ † previous versions of this comment erroneously stated higher (and implausible) data rates