Re: Archaic 80-column format (was coding guidelines)

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From: WM
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:20

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Steve Smith wrote:
> I used 100-byte PL/I source for a while... but it's not fun unless your
> display can go at least that wide. And anyway, it screwed up ISPF syntax
> coloring. (i.e. ISPF syntax coloring couldn't handle 100 byte lines).
>
> Another ISPF thing... I really liked keeping sequence numbers on so I would
> have the mod level in cols 79-80. But I would rather dump the sequence
> numbers and use cols 1-78 for code etc. I'd also dump the continuation
> character (by option, as it would require some syntax rule changes).
>
> sas
>
> --
> sas

Oh, ISPF, eh? See, my problem was, the keypunch would always jam when I
tried to go beyond column 80 ....

WM  

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