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=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R.Carter" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: max line length Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:30:38 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <625ddf23$0$26323$426a34cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:30:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="3466d00db2fc59471e863aa5116d31d0"; logging-data="15687"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+0n1+TO0UivmXN+ZtwLPeHlLiRYkGpef8=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.7.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:W3xhL67gUwfnVrIZnwEEka6ofOA= In-Reply-To: <625ddf23$0$26323$426a34cc@news.free.fr> Content-Language: en-US Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:63760 List-Id: 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, but the line printers could print 132 columns. 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. -- Jeff Carter "If I could find a sheriff who so offends the citizens of Rock Ridge that his very appearance would drive them out of town ... but where would I find such a man? Why am I asking you?" Blazing Saddles 37