Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932317AbWAFHMd (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 02:12:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932329AbWAFHMd (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 02:12:33 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:15549 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932317AbWAFHMd (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 02:12:33 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:12:25 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Jim Nance cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 80 column line limit? In-Reply-To: <20060106013402.GA9726@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Message-ID: References: <20060105130249.GB29894@vrfy.org> <20060106013402.GA9726@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 625 Lines: 19 >> Can't we relax the 80 column line rule to something more comfortable? > >OMG - The horror > Well, I do not see anything wrong with having a very few lines (max 2%) exceeding 80 just because a trailing ) or ; won't fit and would go into column 81. (I do however limit myself quite strictly, max is 83, and that's reall only the corner of corner cases.) Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/