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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Line lengths (Re: UNIX needs a real text editor)
Message-ID: <3390@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 13 Mar 89 12:20:55 GMT
References: <222@imspw6.UUCP> <252@torch.UUCP> <9837@smoke.BRL.MIL> <Mar.12.17.20.24.1989.29073@athos.rutgers.edu>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <Mar.12.17.20.24.1989.29073@athos.rutgers.edu>, gaynor@athos.rutgers.edu (Silver) writes:
>   - LONG AND SHORT LINES (outside of something like [20, 80]) are more
>     difficult to read... [50-60 is best]

This probably depends on the format of the text, character size, and columns.
Newspapers seem to do just fine with ~20 characters per line.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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