Comments on: All the Old Showstoppers http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/ Just another GNOME Blogs weblog Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:02:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anon http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-536 anon Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:39:37 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-536 +1 for 80 columns. Because it's standard, and it's useful in many situations. Have you heard of printing code, for example? And myself, since I moved from xfwm4 to wmii, I haven't been able to go back from using a two-column view with a terminal (or two stacked terminals) in the left column and a gvim session in the right column. 80 chars max indeed, I say! +1 for 80 columns. Because it’s standard, and it’s useful in many situations. Have you heard of printing code, for example? And myself, since I moved from xfwm4 to wmii, I haven’t been able to go back from using a two-column view with a terminal (or two stacked terminals) in the left column and a gvim session in the right column. 80 chars max indeed, I say!

]]> By: ebassi http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-535 ebassi Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:15:40 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-535 @Uzytkownik: here's a nickel kid, go buy yourself a better terminal emulator. @Uzytkownik: here’s a nickel kid, go buy yourself a better terminal emulator.

]]> By: Karl Lattimer http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Karl Lattimer Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:10:03 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-534 puppies and belt sander! GENIUS! ABSOLUTE GENIUS! /me creased over in a laughing fit! puppies and belt sander! GENIUS! ABSOLUTE GENIUS!

/me creased over in a laughing fit!

]]> By: Uzytkownik http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Uzytkownik Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:01:43 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-533 Here in 2008 many people uses text-based editors like vim or emacs (well - at least me) opened in 80x24 terminals. Here in 2008 many people uses text-based editors like vim or emacs (well – at least me) opened in 80×24 terminals.

]]> By: ebassi http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-532 ebassi Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:57:19 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-532 @neil: I respect the fact that some prefer 80 columns — even though I'm not sold on both the window size (use a tiling window manager) or patches in email (fix your email client :-P). what I personally find most irritating are the contorsionisms people use to get around the fact that libraries are not using function names like creat() or foo() like it was in 1972. you want to break down the lines? fine. but use a variable or two — or, god forbid, a wrapper inline function. don't do weird shit like breaking down at parentesis or commas until you cannot distinguish between parameters, functions, macros or ternary operators anymore. but I really think it's time to bite the bullet, if you're writing C code, and code for non ANSI terminals. @neil: I respect the fact that some prefer 80 columns — even though I’m not sold on both the window size (use a tiling window manager) or patches in email (fix your email client :-P ).

what I personally find most irritating are the contorsionisms people use to get around the fact that libraries are not using function names like creat() or foo() like it was in 1972. you want to break down the lines? fine. but use a variable or two — or, god forbid, a wrapper inline function. don’t do weird shit like breaking down at parentesis or commas until you cannot distinguish between parameters, functions, macros or ternary operators anymore.

but I really think it’s time to bite the bullet, if you’re writing C code, and code for non ANSI terminals.

]]> By: Neil Roberts http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Neil Roberts Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:47:08 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-531 yay +1 for that. I've been doing in that way where I can anyway because the other way upsets Emacs' auto-indent -1 for saying that 100+ columns are ok though. If I have a wider a screen then I want two side-by-side 80 column windows. And long lines mess up patches in emails yay +1 for that. I’ve been doing in that way where I can anyway because the other way upsets Emacs’ auto-indent

-1 for saying that 100+ columns are ok though. If I have a wider a screen then I want two side-by-side 80 column windows. And long lines mess up patches in emails

]]> By: wingo http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-530 wingo Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:21:07 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-530 yay decemberists! yay decemberists!

]]> By: njpatel http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-529 njpatel Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:17:32 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-529 Damn, I'm responsible for quite a few puppies meeting their maker... Damn, I’m responsible for quite a few puppies meeting their maker…

]]> By: ebassi http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-528 ebassi Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:46:35 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-528 @mallum: I'll bite — it depends on what you're writing. the ugly fact is that poor little else is available for writing libraries. @mallum: I’ll bite — it depends on what you’re writing. the ugly fact is that poor little else is available for writing libraries.

]]> By: mallum http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/2008/11/04/all-the-old-showstoppers/comment-page-1/#comment-527 mallum Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:42:00 +0000 http://log.emmanuelebassi.net/archives/2008/11/all-the-old-showstoppers/#comment-527 Surely the fact we are coding in C means we are indeed stuck in 1983 though. Surely the fact we are coding in C means we are indeed stuck in 1983 though.

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