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In the Linux coding standard, not only do they keep the 80 character limit, but they also use 8 space indentation. Part of the reasoning is that if you ever reach the right margin, you should consider moving an indentation level into a separate function.
6 mar 2017 · The lpr(1) command defaults to Courier font with margins set for 80-columns and 8-space tabs for plain text files on 8.5"x11" paper. Try cat foo.c | lpr and if the author of foo.c used conventional line width and source code formatting rules, then the printed page will look mostly readable.
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.
Most fonts used in applications and on the web aren't fixed-width anyway. In other words, 80 characters != 80 characters. As you said, screen widths have changed - 80 characters is not a sensible boundary. 80 characters was really a guideline for fixed-width fonts in a console environment.
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.
16 mar 2016 · So as you know there is a best practice saying 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 cha...
7 sty 2024 · With the standard font size of 12 pt two tabs in Visual Studio Code can show 156 characters. A more legible 16 pt reduces that to 118 characters. Another reason to keep the character limit sensible.
