cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/psgml-mode chapter.sgml doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style chapter.sgml

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2004-11-11 04:19, Murray Stokely <murray at freebsdmall.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 08:25:27AM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>   Change the recommended line length limit from 70 characters to 78.
>>   This still fits under 80 columns and is not too narrow.
>
> 70 characters makes it easier to go in and add a missing word, missing
> tag, or correct a misspelling without causing the corrected text to
> wrap around the screen.  Moving to 78 will make it more necessary to
> re-wrap a paragraph every time a minor change is made.

Hmmm, you have a point there.  I only thought of added tags, which simon
mentioned too.  But mispellings or missing words are probably more
common reasons why a line would need rewrapping.