[TUHS] 80 columns ...
Larry McVoy
lm at mcvoy.com
Thu Nov 9 07:40:36 AEST 2017
On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 04:34:13PM -0500, Dan Cross wrote:
> >> The thing that sort of vexes me about these arguments is that the
> >> number 80 is so arbitrary.
> >
> > Not really. Programmers need windows side by side. Lots and lots of bit
> > mapped displays can handle 2 80 column windows at a reasonable font size.
>
> Lots of them can also handle two 100 column windows, or perhaps more
Sure, my laptop can. But what about the ones that can't?
> > And I made the point about side by side diff tools.
>
> But what about 3-way merge tools?
Dude, you're talking to the guy that invented distributed source management
and has written what is likely the best 3 way merge tool on the planet (jk,
it's good though). My 3 way merge
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ merge ] [ help ]
[ merge ] [ help ]
[ merge ] [ help ]
Works great!
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