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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:20:15 -0800
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From: Mark Brown <mbrown@inbox.com>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r569152 -
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sebor=40roguewave.com
> Sent: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:37:02 -0600
> To: stdcxx-dev=40incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r569152 -
> /incubator/stdcxx/branches/4.2.0/etc/config/src/LIMITS.cpp
>=20
> Mark Brown wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: sebor=40roguewave.com
>>> Sent: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:29:36 -0600
>>> To: stdcxx-dev=40incubator.apache.org
>>> Subject: Re: svn commit: r569152 -
>>> /incubator/stdcxx/branches/4.2.0/etc/config/src/LIMITS.cpp
>>>=20
>>> Andrew, please be sure to observe the 78 characters/line limit
>>> in Change Log entries as documented in bullet (3) of the Patch
>>> Format section on the Bugs page:
>>>    http://incubator.apache.org/stdcxx/bugs.html=23patch_format
>>>=20
>>> The reason for this limit in both ChangeLogs and source files
>>> is that they all need to be readable on traditional VT100 text
>>> terminals.
>>=20
>> I have seen coding styles with a 79 character limit (for instance
>> Python) but I am curious what the rationale for the 78 character limit
>> is when even the VT100 displays have 80 columns?
>=20
> Opening a file with 80 characters per line in emacs with a buffer
> width set to 80 columns will wrap the last character of the next
> line. So if all you have to work with is an 80x24 text terminal
> and want to run emacs in it you want files to have no more than
> 79 characters per line. You can recreate this experience in an
> xterm or similar terminal by setting it to 80 characters and
> starting emacs with the -nw option.

If I understand correctly what you're describing, emacs -nw will display =
lines with up to 79 characters in a 80 column frame without wrapping. =
What, then, is the rationale for at most 78 characters?

-- Mark