On Thursday, November 9, 2017, Arthur Krewat <krewat@kilonet.net> wrote:

On 11/8/2017 6:07 PM, Andy Kosela wrote:

For me changing 80 columns and/or 8 character Tab is like trying to change the value of Pi. I consider those the holy rules you just don't change.

But I am probably in minority group these days as I still use a lot of old school 80 columns VT terminals -- vt220 and vt320 are my personal favorites.

xterms killed that requirement for me a long time ago.

I still use 80 columns on my xterms. Like Larry said, most things in Unix still looks perfect on 80 columns display, plus it's easier to read -- less eye movements from left to right. If you think about it, regular books have a similar format. It has been scientifically proven that very long lines are just harder and slower to read.

--Andy