From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4850 invoked by alias); 18 Jun 2013 15:42:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 4840 invoked by uid 89); 18 Jun 2013 15:42:07 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-8.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_WL,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:42:07 +0000 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5IFg50q011791 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:05 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.ams2.redhat.com [10.39.146.11]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5IFg4so004068; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:05 -0400 Message-ID: <51C07FCC.6090706@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:47:00 -0000 From: Pedro Alves User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130514 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Kratochvil CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch] ChangeLog width 74 -> 80 References: <20130618150401.GA24795@host2.jankratochvil.net> <51C07B94.3080606@redhat.com> <20130618153005.GA26742@host2.jankratochvil.net> In-Reply-To: <20130618153005.GA26742@host2.jankratochvil.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2013-06/txt/msg00429.txt.bz2 On 06/18/2013 04:30 PM, Jan Kratochvil wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:24:04 +0200, Pedro Alves wrote: >> 74 is the default column width in emacs' changelog mode, >> so it seems the explicit setting is just trying to making >> sure everyone (that uses emacs) is using the default width, >> even if one has it overridden in their .emacs file. > > That depends whether GDB still should workaround Emacs bugs or if GDB can be > fixed for modern editors. No reason to attach a straw man. If you want to argue for 80 columns, please do so without. I was merely stating facts, and linking them into what I believe is the rationale for the existing explicit setting. That is, the setting in the file overrides a different default width a user may have configured in his emacs, therefore, the setting in the ChangeLog file makes the width consistent for emacs users). Nobody said anything about bugs. Nor is emacs a non-modern editor. As I said, I really don't care that much about the precise width. It'd be nice to have it changed consistently across the tree though. -- Pedro Alves