From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jeremyb Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changing line widths in the Emacs source code Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:42:49 +0100 Message-ID: <875z8e8bo6.fsf@jeremybryant.net> References: <87tuw1x016.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11558"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.0; emacs 27.1 Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 16 08:44:03 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kIRAg-0002tw-Vf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:44:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54924 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIRAg-0007CM-2e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 02:44:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37086) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIR9c-0006Ws-UM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 02:42:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailex.mailcore.me ([94.136.40.144]:32962) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kIR9b-0000yu-4E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 02:42:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [188.214.8.247] (helo=hexa2.local.com) by smtp03.mailcore.me with esmtpa (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1kIR9W-0001oR-VW; Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:42:51 +0100 In-reply-to: X-Mailcore-Auth: 278589627 X-Mailcore-Domain: 1689493 Received-SPF: none client-ip=94.136.40.144; envelope-from=jb@jeremybryant.net; helo=mailex.mailcore.me X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/16 02:42:51 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.1-3.10 [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:255829 Archived-At: BTW, for e-ink monitors (smaller than standard monitors), 80 columns is what fits. Stefan Monnier writes: >> So my suggestion is: Change the default to 100. > > Heresy! > > > Stefan > > > PS: Yes, it's a joke, but I do think 80 columns is a better choice. > Moving to 100 columns means I won't be able to see as many windows side > by side on my screen.