On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 04:34:13PM -0500, Dan Cross wrote:
The thing that sort of vexes me about these arguments
is that the
number 80 is so arbitrary.
Not really. Programmers need windows side by side. Lots and lots of bit
mapped displays can handle 2 80 column windows at a reasonable font size.
Lots of them can also handle two 100 column windows, or perhaps more
Sure, my laptop can. But what about the ones that can't?
And I made the
point about side by side diff tools.
But what about 3-way merge tools?
Dude, you're talking to the guy that invented distributed source management
and has written what is likely the best 3 way merge tool on the planet (jk,
it's good though). My 3 way merge
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ left version ] [ right version ]
[ merge ] [ help ]
[ merge ] [ help ]
[ merge ] [ help ]
Works great!