[New-bugs-announce] [issue21139] Idle: change default reformat width from 70 to 72

[Terry J. Reedy]

New submission from Terry J. Reedy:

PEP 8 specifies a limit of 72 chars for flowing text (comments, multiline strings). The current default limit for Idle's Format / Reformat Paragraph is 70. Increase it to PEP 8's 72.

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messages: 215417
nosy: terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Idle: change default reformat width from 70 to 72
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5

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