[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Windows documentation

Ivo ivop
Wed Oct 24 00:14:12 CEST 2007


On Tuesday 23 October 2007 23:15, Ramiro Polla wrote:
> All issues addressed, except the 80 characters thing. Does "below 80
> characters" imply that it must be at max 79 characters, so that I have
> to enter a new line when my cursor is positioned at column 80, or is it
> column 81? I've always thought the 80 characters thing was so that it
> took the entire console screen width, i.e. with cat. If I cat these
> files, no line gets broken.

That depends on the terminal. Some terminals wrap after writing the 80th 
character. Others wrap when the 81st character is written. Therefore it is 
better to stick to 79 characters.

--Ivo





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