7 Nov
2020
7 Nov
'20
5:08 a.m.
[Following clemc's example and moving to COFF]
On Friday, 6 November 2020 at 7:19:24 -0800, Chris Torek wrote:
Agreed. There's a second issue here: for reading text, 70 to 80 n
widths is optimal. For reading computer output, it should be much
wider. I've compromised by fitting two 120 character wide xterms on
my monitors, left and right. I still display only 70-80 characters
for text.
I'm lazy.
I am too, but I still use a big screen: I just fit a lot of smaller
windows in it. I'd like to have a literal wall screen,
especially if I'm in an
interior, windowless (as in physical glass windows) room, so that
part of the wall could be a "window" showing a view "outside" (real
time, or the ocean, or whatever) and other parts of the wall could
be the text I'm working on/with, etc.
The issue there is perspective. I could do that (modulo cost) in my
office, but I'd have a horizontal angle of about 90°, and that's
uncomfortable.
(But I'll make do with these 27" 4k
displays. :-) )
Yes, that's about the widest I find comfortable, and it took me a
while to adapt.
Greg
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