From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] git-fetch: mega-terse fetch output Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:39:57 -0400 Message-ID: <20071019083957.GA32400@coredump.intra.peff.net> References: <20071019062219.GA28499@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20071019073938.GN14735@spearce.org> <20071019075725.GA29436@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20071019080755.GO14735@spearce.org> <864pgncy9y.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: David Kastrup X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Oct 19 10:40:19 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IinOz-0002JJ-6Y for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:40:17 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755730AbXJSIkA (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:40:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755116AbXJSIkA (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:40:00 -0400 Received: from 66-23-211-5.clients.speedfactory.net ([66.23.211.5]:4989 "EHLO peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754041AbXJSIkA (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:40:00 -0400 Received: (qmail 10732 invoked by uid 111); 19 Oct 2007 08:39:58 -0000 Received: from coredump.intra.peff.net (HELO coredump.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.32) with SMTP; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:39:58 -0400 Received: by coredump.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:39:57 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <864pgncy9y.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 10:19:05AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > I don't see why. 80 columns has been the standard layout for > something like 40 or 50 years or so. It is the standard punch card > width and required to display Fortran code fitted to this width > (column 73 to 80 are ignored in non-free-format Fortran and used for > line identification). I almost said that, but it seems unnecessarily restrictive. Do people use git on handhelds (or use them to connect to decent machines that run git)? If it's related to the actual functioning of the program, then fine, but it seems unnecessarily strict for something that is just eye candy anyway. > All people using smaller terminals are used to wrapping trouble. We That is a good point...people on tiny screens are likely to be wrapping on the _other_ lines anyway. I wonder how awful our progress meters look on a tiny terminal. Really, I'm fine with assuming an 80 char terminal. I just didn't want to be in the position of defending it as a useful feature when somebody complained. -Peff