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15 maj 2012 · With 80 character wide code, you only need a 240 character wide screen (1920 pixels at 8 pixels per character) to see a full three-way-merge (common ancestor, local branch and remote branch) comfortably on one screen.
If you can't keep a single line within 80 characters, your line is getting overly complicated. It's easy in Python to write relatively concise code (see codegolf) at the expense of readability, but it's even easier to write verbose code at the expense of readability.
16 mar 2016 · Limit a row of source code in 80 characters. Here are 2 links: Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width? Is the 80 character limit still relevant in times of widescreen monitors? And I am sure you can fine more if you search for this best practice. But I find this extremely difficult, here is a sample example:
12 kwi 2017 · 80x24 characters seems to be a very common default for terminal windows. This answer provides a very good historical reason as to why the width is 80 characters. But why is the height commonly 24 (or 25) lines?
18 cze 2020 · 80 character wide displays are based on nothing more than the physical characteristics of punched paper, the accuracy of mechanical punches and readers, and the arbitrarily selected paper size.
24 paź 2022 · A width of 80 characters works on flipped 720p screens. It even works with 640 pixels, the width of standard definition video. Very useful, even if you are not screencasting on OBS and want things to "just work" on anyone's screen, ever.
25 lis 2008 · Both the width and the height can be resized, it just happens that the default window width is equal to the buffer width. You cannot make the window larger than the buffer, so the only option (with the default 80-column setting) is to reduce the width.
