linux-kernel - Re: [dm-devel] Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Change long line warning to 105 chars

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Message-ID: <m3oclvzz86.fsf@intrepid.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:36:25 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
	device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Change long line warning to 105 chars

Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com> writes:

> I don't like scrolling too but most viewers and editors wrap it 
> automatically to screen width. For example, restrict your terminal to 50 
> columnts and try using "less".

It's the tools.

I think it's much easier to fix tools ("smart wrap") than to rewrite the
source.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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