From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Al Stone Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:51:46 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] reformat ivt.S for 80-column use Message-Id: <1155221506.12634.85.camel@deimos> List-Id: References: <1155168978.12634.62.camel@deimos> In-Reply-To: <1155168978.12634.62.camel@deimos> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 08:52 -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: > >>>>> "David" = David Mosberger-Tang writes: > > David> On 10 Aug 2006 03:24:02 -0400, Jes Sorensen > David> wrote: > >> Some of the really complex code is unnecessarily hard to follow due > >> to this, so I give you my ack! > > David> Huh? Ever heard of the window resize button? 100 cols will be > David> just fine. IA-64 assembly code is one area where it really > David> helps to have more than 80 cols. Just my 2 cents, of course... > > It's all a matter of personal preference of course, but I don't like > resizing my windows depending on what files I am reading. Given that > CodingStyle calls for 80 columns I prefer to keep my windows at 80 > columns (just as I try to stick to the glibc style when I write glibc > code, as much as I dislike it). It is indeed a personal preference; for myself, I don't really care that much whether it's 80 or 100 (or 132, to _really_ date myself). The only reasons I had for the patch were (1) personal difficulty with 100-column windows on a laptop (some of us older folks need slightly larger fonts :), and (2) the recommendations in CodingStyle (independent of whether I agree with them or not). -- Ciao, al ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Stone Alter Ego: Open Source and Linux R&D Debian Developer Hewlett-Packard Company http://www.debian.org E-mail: ahs3@fc.hp.com ahs3@debian.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------