Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:30:37 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/psgml-mode chapter.sgml doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20041111143037.GA1892@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20041111121942.GA66027@freebsdmall.com> References: <200411110825.iAB8PRK1087191@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041111121942.GA66027@freebsdmall.com>
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On 2004-11-11 04:19, Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> wrote: >On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 08:25:27AM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> Change the recommended line length limit from 70 characters to 78. >> This still fits under 80 columns and is not too narrow. > > 70 characters makes it easier to go in and add a missing word, missing > tag, or correct a misspelling without causing the corrected text to > wrap around the screen. Moving to 78 will make it more necessary to > re-wrap a paragraph every time a minor change is made. Hmmm, you have a point there. I only thought of added tags, which simon mentioned too. But mispellings or missing words are probably more common reasons why a line would need rewrapping.
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