From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,82dadb8a32a5cd0b X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder3.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!209.197.12.246.MISMATCH!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!198.186.194.249.MISMATCH!transit3.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!postnews3.readnews.com!not-for-mail Message-Id: <4bfd1658$0$2365$4d3efbfe@news.sover.net> From: "Peter C. Chapin" Subject: Re: Emacs and long file names Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 08:42:44 -0400 References: <755de929-67b4-4de6-8982-a0bfc43effc0@z15g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <82y6f88ztj.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Organization: SoVerNet (sover.net) NNTP-Posting-Host: 1738a598.news.sover.net X-Trace: DXC=BGBG0KMK6_LM2JZB_CEH@Z1I^6^ZG:WUUlR<856OM\og<5GfhFMJT\I=eDeRJB X-Complaints-To: abuse@sover.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11058 Date: 2010-05-26T08:42:44-04:00 List-Id: Adam Beneschan wrote: > I'll also think about your suggestion to allow myself a wider screen. > I think my reluctance has been a throwback to the old days when a lot > of printouts were only allowed 80 columns, which is itself a throwback > to the number of characters on a Hollerith card. Here it's 2010 and > my life still revolves around Hollerith cards. Sigh....... I hear you. I recently (as in the last couple of years) upgraded my personal style guide to allow 96 character long lines. Note that 96 = 64 + 32 so it's kind of a round number. I choose that value because it makes formatting source code easier (less "unnecessary" wrapping) and because one can still print 96 character long lines in a reasonable font on 8.5 x 11 inch paper without truncation. I don't print my code very often but once in a while I do for special purposes and it's nice to know that it's going to look okay in that case. That said, with Ada I'm seriously considering extending my allowed lines to 128 characters. Between long, fully spelled out names and avoidance of 'use' statements Ada source lines can get pretty long! Peter