Re: [PATCH 1/4] editorconfig: set maximum line length to 120 characters

> Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On 25/06/25 06:43PM, Karthik Nayak wrote:
> >> As per 'Documentation/CodingGuidelines', we try to keep to at most 80
> >> characters per line. However, there are often certain cases where we
> >> extend this for the sake of readability.
> >>
> >> Add a maximum limit of 120 characters to the '.editorconfig'. This means
> >> that if an individual line exceeds 120 characters, the editor will wrap
> >> that line. This provides a lot wiggle room over the recommended 80
> >> character limit.
> >
> 
> Hello Justin,
> 
> > I frequently use the format operator in vim to reformat entire blocks of
> > text and it is commonly configured to use `max_line_length` from an
> > `.editorconfig` file to know when to wrap lines. Changing the value to
> > 120 would cause my editor to prefer 120 character lines when
> > reformatting, which I would personally not like.
> >
> 
> It would only wrap lines longer than 120 columns. Currently editorconfig
> doesn't wrap any line length. So we're essentially saying, any line
> above 120 is not something we want to accept and hence wrap. This
> doesn't mean that shorter lines will be combined together. Wouldn't this
> be better than the current situation?