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Subject: Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Increase the line length limit from
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On 02/03/2012 12:57 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> I always use 80-cols, everywhere.  Not because I particularly like it -
> I find it a bit too small.  I use it because it is the standard, and
> using it helps me see where and how badly we violate the standard.
> 

Width matters to me more for printing than it does on the screen.
80-column text can be printed on a landscape piece of paper two columns
wide without being too hard to read (e.g. enscript -2r).  I haven't
tried that with 96 columns, but more than that would almost certainly be
illegible.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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