From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-65-14.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:60b:b0:31d:4455:c630 with SMTP id z11-20020a05622a060b00b0031d4455c630mr15314217qta.216.1657103739889; Wed, 06 Jul 2022 03:35:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a81:8842:0:b0:31c:11ff:149 with SMTP id y63-20020a818842000000b0031c11ff0149mr43163337ywf.351.1657103739587; Wed, 06 Jul 2022 03:35:39 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 03:35:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=202.67.103.232; posting-account=S_MdrwoAAAD7T2pxG2e393dk6y0tc0Le NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.67.103.232 References: <625ddf23$0$26323$426a34cc@news.free.fr> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7879f94e-ebee-4cac-98c2-8f7e43911e19n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: max line length From: Robin Vowels Injection-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 10:35:39 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:64079 List-Id: On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 5:30:42 AM UTC+10, Jeffrey R.Carter wrote: > On 2022-04-18 23:58, Thomas wrote: > > > > how do you set your max line length? > I use the Preferences menu selection in my editor. But that's probably not what > you intended to ask. I set mine to 132 characters. > > using indentations a lot, i find that 80 is short. > > but I don't realize how many people I'm going to disturb if I set a > > greater length, because I don't know all your uses. . > When I started out, source lines were limited to 80 columns because that was the > length of punched cards, . What luxury! All the languages on our computer used only 32 columns of the card. . > but the line printers could print 132 columns. . 120 and 132 columns were common. Our Analex 1100 lines/min printer had 160 columns, so it was possible to print a source listing (80/80 listing) with two sets per page. . > In the > 1980s printing switched from 14 x 11 inch paper in line printers to 8.5 x 11 > inch paper, but it was still possible to print 132 characters in landscape mode, > so that's what I used if I had an editor that could handle long lines easily > (screens were not large enough or high enough resolution to be suitable for > reading programs, so I still tended to print them when that was needed. Today > printing is not needed much, but I continue to use 132 columns. If others want a > different line length they may reformat it.