[arch-general] Bashification of initscripts for moderate speedup

[Philipp Überbacher]

Excerpts from Aaron Griffin's message of 2010-06-30 17:55:40 +0200:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I have no idea where the number came from, but both 80 and 132 are
> >> standard column widths used for normal and wide terminals.
> >
> > should be 78 columns I do believe that's the standard for kernel/git
> > it allows for email comments more easily apparently.
> 
> No, physical terminals went to 80 columns. The 78 number was likely
> related to editor chrome, such as line numbering... I'm not sure of
> the details.
> 
> I believe email typically has 78 width due to the fact that "> " is
> expected for replies.

I also read about 72, and it's my current setting for vim when editing
mails, but I have no idea where that comes from...
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Regards,
Philipp

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