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From:   Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
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On Fri, 5 Jun 2020, Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 wrote:

> Unfortunately refreshable braille displays have that "hardware
> limitations". 80 cells displays are very expensive.
> Visual impairments is rarely a "choice".
> Relaxing the 80-char limit make it harder for blind developers
> to contribute.

Well, not really.

It is true that 80-cells displays are awfully expensive. IMHO they are=20
also unwieldy due to their size: they are hardly portable, and they=20
require your hands to move twice as far which may sometimes impair=20
reading efficiency. So I never liked them.

My braille display has 40 cells only. So even with a 80-cells limit I=20
always had to pan the display to see the whole line anyway.

My text console is set to 160x128. The trick here is to have the number=20
of columns be a multiple of the braille display's width to avoid dead=20
areas when panning to the right.

So if you ask me, I'm not against relaxing the 80 columns limit for=20
code. What really matters to me is that I can stay clear of any GUI.


Nicolas
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