Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!mephisto!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!dg-rtp!hunt From: hunt@dg-rtp.dg.com (Greg Hunt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Programmers Prefer 8.5 x 11 Message-ID: <1962@xyzzy.UUCP> Date: 26 Mar 90 23:25:02 GMT References: <104458@linus.UUCP> <9485@stiatl.UUCP> Sender: usenet@xyzzy.UUCP Reply-To: hunt@dg-rtp.dg.com Organization: Data General Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 29 I definitely prefer 8.5" x 11" paper for documentation. I also prefer it to be loose-leaf rather than bound in any fashion. It makes it easier to read the page I've turned to when my hands are busy at the keyboard. It's also easier for adding replacement pages for updates, and for taking pages out when I need to look at lots of pages at once. I can also punch holes in note paper and add them in easly if I need to. I think this size paper is easier to read, probably mostly because it's the size most other manuals that I deal with are printed in. I don't like the little 6" x 8.5" manuals at all. I prefer 11" x 8.5" paper for printouts, however. This is the same size as 8.5" x 11" paper, but turned on it's side. It prints at 8 LPI instead of 6 LPI, but can get 107 columns per page instead of 80. That's real helpful for code listings and file displays, which tend to be more than 80 columns wide. You don't have to deal with folding the lines or truncating them. But hey, I'm a programmer. I do things with computers that customers don't (the reverse is also true). Another advantage of loose leaf bound manuals that I've recently found out is that they're easier to recycle. Just chuck the cardboard front and back pages that they usually have, and all the rest of the pages can be recycled just like printout paper can be. At least that's what our recyclying committee here told us. -- Greg Hunt Internet: hunt@dg-rtp.dg.com Data Management Development UUCP: {world}!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!hunt Data General Corporation Research Triangle Park, NC These opinions are mine, not DG's.