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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:34:45 -0800
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>
>> My sense is that an aspect ratio of 7:5 or 3:2 (in both cases
>> height:width) is about right for one page.  We might want a small
>> strip of screen real estate for a header, so going from 1.5 to
>> 1.6 seems workable (note incidentally that 1920:1200 is a ratio
>> of 1.6).  But HD is 1.78 to 1;  that shape is just awkward for
>> the display of text.
>
> Personally, I generally use vim with both horizontal and
> vertical splits to edit multiple source files and headers
> in a single window (using tabs as well, since the project
> has several hundred source files).   Each split is usually
> about 30x90.

Nothing wrong with using HD aspect ratio for display of
multiple pages.  My comment above is about an HD aspect
ratio for display of a single page.