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I disagree, but only as of about 2 months ago. For awhile I stuck to 79 cols but understood if people elsewhere wanted to move to 100 or 120. I've changed my m
by mattdeboard 13y ago
I disagree, but only as of about 2 months ago. For awhile I stuck to 79 cols but understood if people elsewhere wanted to move to 100 or 120.
I've changed my mind because I've started doing a lot of code-reading on my phone. It's got a big screen (Galaxy S3) but even still, 80 columns is the perfect width to fit all the code on my screen without needing to scroll.
What's old is new again. We went from tiny monitors to huge monitors and now we're back to tiny "monitors" again. Anywhere where I am able to make the determination, 79 columns will be the standard.
- jmduke 13y agoJust curious: why are you reading code on your phone? I've heard of doing basic web-dev stuff via mobile (using stuff like Diet Coda) but rarely anything else.
- mattdeboard 13y agoI read a lot of code. Links from Twitter to interesting projects, peeking at pull requests while I'm away from my computer, etc. I read a lot of code.