Should we follow the 72 chars line length limit rule for modernz.lua?

[Samillion]

Recently I've been going through the entire code bit by bit to reduce redundancy.

The one thing I noticed that there are long lines, really long. Should we follow the 72 chars limit per line rule:
https://dev.to/noelworden/improving-your-commit-message-with-the-50-72-rule-3g79

This is one of the oldest rules (since punch cards).

There are no performance benefits, just makes code more readable, for example, in commit logs or terminals.

I won't do this now. There is a lot to clean up in ModernZ's code base. After I've reached a satisfactory stage, I might consider.

The only downside, if it can be called that, the lines count will increase significantly.

[nekoxuee]

The 72 character limit comes from git commit message conventions, but it's not a standard in lua.

The most popular lua formatter StyLua, and EmmyLuaCodeStyle both default to 120 characters (uosc already uses EmmyLua in its .editorconfig).
Neovim's own repository uses an .editorconfig that sets lua line length to 100.

Might be worth introducing an .editorconfig to define consistent formatting rules across editors.

[Samillion]

I didn't know that, thank you for the information.

I think it would be worth checking it down the line, just to keep everything to a standard.

ModernZ codebase is a lot cleaner now than it was, but it still has some work to do.

I have one cleanup PR coming soon about simplifying mouse pos checks, then I'll release after testing thoroughly, then take a break for a bit lol. I'm pretty sure the next release will have the longest changes list yet because of everyone's contributions. ❤️