There really isn't any reason ⟨...⟩ [in] 80 columns any more
> Longer lines are fundamentally useful. My monitor is not only a lot wider than it is tall, my fonts are universally narrower than they are tall. Long lines are natural.
> If you choose to use a 80-column terminal, you can live with the line wrapping. It's just that simple.
> And longer lines are simply useful. Part of that is that we aren't programming in the 80's any more, and our source code is fundamentally wider as a result.
> And yes, we do line breaks at some point. But there really isn't any reason to make that point be 80 columns any more
LKML: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/29/1038
From Linus Torvalds <>> If you or Christoph have 80 character lines, you'll get possibly ugly wrapped output. Tough. That's _your_ choice. Your hardware limitations shouldn't be a pain for the rest of us.
Date Fri, 29 May 2020 12:19:02 -0700
Subject Re: clean up kernel_{read,write} & friends v2
> Longer lines are fundamentally useful. My monitor is not only a lot wider than it is tall, my fonts are universally narrower than they are tall. Long lines are natural.
> If you choose to use a 80-column terminal, you can live with the line wrapping. It's just that simple.
> And longer lines are simply useful. Part of that is that we aren't programming in the 80's any more, and our source code is fundamentally wider as a result.
> And yes, we do line breaks at some point. But there really isn't any reason to make that point be 80 columns any more
LKML: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/29/1038
