GNU Nano 4.0 - Hackdot

Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by r3bl on Sunday March 24, 2019 @02:25PM (#19477880)

Nano is a text editor, not an IDE. There's no reason why every text (not just code) should contain less than 80 characters in every line.

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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by opan on Monday March 25, 2019 @07:29AM (#19481629)

Can you explain your thought process here? I believe the idea is that old terminals were 80 characters wide. Also, even with modern monitors it can be nice to have shorter lines so you don't have to move your eyes/head as much. I can't think of why the rule would be specific to source code or why it would apply any differently to other forms of text.

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Re:GNU Nano 4.0 by unveres on Sunday March 24, 2019 @05:31PM (#19478899)

Good point! I guess I didn't think it through ;)

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