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Re: Golden-ratio.el

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The golden ratio is a terrible window ratio for editing.

Why is that?

I'm not the parent, but the linked project has some bold statements in its README:

> each window has a size that is not convenient for editing

> The window that has the main focus will have the perfect size for editing

and nothing to backup these claims except a wikipedia article that, in fact, doesn't.

The parent's comment goes well with the project's claims, I'd say.

Re: Golden-ratio.el

#6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is that?

I'm not the parent, but the linked project has some bold statements in its README: > each window has a size that is not convenient for editing > The window that has the main focus will have the perfect size for editing and nothing to backup these claims except a wikipedia article that, in fact, doesn't. The parent's comment goes well with the project's claims, I'd say.

Time to pull this one out again, Fibonacci Flim-Flam:

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/pseudo/fibonacc.htm

My own experience with editing windows is that I'll need different dimensions for different tasks. While a vim-plugin or such that did dynamic pane resizing might be useful I don't think the fundamentally aesthetic concern behind the golden-ratio cult adds anything to this.

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