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Date:      Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:19:42 -0800
From:      Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
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:  <20041111121942.GA66027@freebsdmall.com>
In-Reply-To: <200411110825.iAB8PRK1087191@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200411110825.iAB8PRK1087191@repoman.freebsd.org>

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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.

I don't mean to say we can't move it to 78 if most of doc@ feels it is
more appropriate, I'm just stating my own preference for the existing
limit of 70.

Murray



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