<p dir="ltr">This would be a nightmare to some people who work with xwindows disabled by default. Not to mention going through code via console on a server.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 30, 2013 4:53 PM, "Roman Prykhodchenko" <<a href="mailto:rprikhodchenko@mirantis.com">rprikhodchenko@mirantis.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi there,<div><br></div><div>Limiting the lines to 80 symbols makes viewing/editing/comparing two files on a single screen quite comfortable.<div>This is not only useful for Vimers who do not use graphical IDEs but also makes debugging/troubleshooting easier when someone has a development/preproduction server(s) where you cannot basically use any IDE.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If a line of code is complex enough to not fit 80 symbols I'd suggest simplifying the algorithm. Btw, some of displays can be turned for 90˚ so this might be a way to go with graphical IDEs :)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Roman</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 30, 2013, at 10:24 , Victor Sergeyev <<a href="mailto:vsergeyev@mirantis.com" target="_blank">vsergeyev@mirantis.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">By the way, pep8 says, that "it is okay to increase the nominal line length from 80 to 100 characters". See <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#maximum-line-length" target="_blank">http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#maximum-line-length</a><div>
<br></div><div>I'm ok with 80 characters, but just for information - is there any plans to to increase the line length in OpenStack?</div><div><br></div><div>Victor</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Aaron Rosen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arosen@nicira.com" target="_blank">arosen@nicira.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Here's what mine usually looks like :) <div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#maximum-line-length" target="_blank">http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#maximum-line-length</a><br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Ravi Kumar Pasumarthy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ravikup@thoughtworks.com" target="_blank">ravikup@thoughtworks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hello, </div>
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<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
Looks like the current column limit for the code base is 80. Because of this large space on the right hand side is not used. Please find the attached pictures of couple of developer screens working on openstack codebase. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Are there any thoughts to increase the current column limit to 120 atleast. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">How does this help ? I can see more lines of code, it is easier on the eyes. Some external monitors supports rotation, but for laptops we cannot rotate. </div>
<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">So is it possible to revisit the column number limit ?</div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
Thanks,</div></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Ravi Kumar Pasumarthy<br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">Lead Consultant</div><br>ThoughtWorks</font></div>
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