From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ChangeLog conventions: fill-column Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 11:13:00 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87psieggla.fsf@lrde.org> <87ejykoael.fsf@lrde.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148462157 17699 80.91.229.2 (24 May 2006 09:15:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:15:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Micha=C3=ABl?= Cadilhac , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 24 11:15:53 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FipSl-0000BK-GK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 11:15:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FipSk-0000wb-NG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 05:15:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FipSY-0000wW-LV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 05:15:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FipSX-0000wK-Af for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 05:15:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FipSX-0000wH-4U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 05:15:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FipWv-0001Pc-Ng; Wed, 24 May 2006 05:19:49 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (unknown [80.165.4.124]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 241BDA50044; Wed, 24 May 2006 11:15:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 24 May 2006 01:50:12 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:55187 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > The reason for shorter lines is that they are easier to read. > I'd rather not change this. But as I said in another mail, lines in ChangeLogs are already shorter because they are indented by 8 chars -- so setting fill-column to 79 for change logs does not make the lines harder to read than the usual 72 char text lines. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk