linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Increase the line length limit from 80 to 100 colums

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Message-ID: <20120209223033.GA20746@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:30:33 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Increase the line length limit from
 80 to 100 colums

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 10:55:45PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Friday 2012-02-03 11:07, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >[PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Increase the line length limit from 80 to 100 colums

> >As far as I'm aware I was the last regular kernel contributor who
> >still used a standard VGA text console, but both text (100 cols is
> >also arguably closer to various brain limits such as vision of field
> >and resolution restrictions

> Please, no.

> (Corollary 1) The older you get, the larger you like your glyphs to
> be (...and the FOV is likely to lower as well).

> 14pt and up usually. And there is not a whole lot that fit on
> 10.1-inch netbook screens that way.

> (Corollary 2) Travelers desire minimizing size and weight.

Or your vision is a bit better but you like multiple things over the
screen width...
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