On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 18:15:17 +0300
Nikita Krasnov <nikita.nikita.krasnov_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Nikita,
> Is this message – an equivalent of a new forum topic or thread? Does
> anyone even see this? Sorry, first time having conversations this
> way.
yes, welcome to this mailing list!
> Also, is hard-wrapping lines at 80 characters a requirement? I
> see many people doing this here (I think I also saw Linus Torvalds
> doing the same in kernel emails).
I even wrap at 70 characters.
> I do see an appeal in this, but I don't necessarily see the purpose.
> You can configure any text editor to soft-wrap at the end of the
> screen without breaking lines.
> Is there something I can read about this?
Automatic line wrapping mostly fails, e.g. for blockquotes. 50-75
characters per line is a sane default given human limits. It's proven
to be the "best" line length for readability[0]; the Wikipedia-page[1]
also gives some more insights.
With best regards
Laslo
[0]:
https://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability
[1]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_length
Received on Sat Jul 01 2023 - 19:35:50 CEST