[om-list] Column Count in Code

[burundanga at gmx.com]

> 80 has been standard line length for ages, and it matches the line
length in some pulp fiction paperback book (I counted it once).
And I can't get more than a hundred columns on my laptop screen unless I
make the font so small I find it hard to read.

I've noticed that about paperbacks as well, Mr. Boom, and always wondered if there was some connection (perhaps they have a common ancestor). You've got a smaller laptop or worse eyes than I, I keep my laptop terminals at 161 lines so I have room for two panes side-by-side. This actually lets me view the one model code just fine, so long as I don't open another pane.