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Markdown line hard-wrap discrepancy in v2.0 #757

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renemarc opened this issue Mar 6, 2020 · 1 comment
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Markdown line hard-wrap discrepancy in v2.0 #757

renemarc opened this issue Mar 6, 2020 · 1 comment

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renemarc commented Mar 6, 2020

Before v2.0 gets adopted too widely, I propose that the markdown version be hard-wrapped to 80 characters like v1.4 mostly was.

Currently in v2.0 a few lines are wrapped at 80, but most are not.

Advantages of wrapping at 80 columns:

  • Makes using a text-editor and/or multiple windows on a modern screen easier.
  • Matches the style for health files like LICENSES and other text files.
  • Doesn't clash with many style guides for accompanying code (PHP/Java at 80, Python at 79, Ruby at 100).
  • Helps to bring consistency to any project's code-base.

Furthermore, Markdown parsers will follow the original standard and treat hard-wraps like a space, so wrapping lines will be transparent to readers.

Some supporting articles:

A PR to address this issue follows shortly.

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renemarc commented Mar 7, 2020

Closing this issue since PR was merged. Yay! 😃

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