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Author	methane
Recipients	gladman, jcasale, methane, paul.moore, roelschroeven, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Date	2018-06-30.16:14:42
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Message-id	<1530375282.62.0.56676864532.issue34006@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I think this is not only chm, but same to all HTML based (online, zipped html, maybe ePub). max-width was added for readability. https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/issues/4 There are no absolute right answer and there are many personal preferences. But limiting line width is considered good idea for many web sites. https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/13724/recommended-column-width-for-text-reading-digital-vs-printed https://pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography.php For example, MDN limits line length too.

I think this is not only chm, but same to all HTML based (online, zipped html, maybe ePub).

max-width was added for readability.
https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme/issues/4

There are no absolute right answer and there are many personal preferences.
But limiting line width is considered good idea for many web sites.

https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/13724/recommended-column-width-for-text-reading-digital-vs-printed

https://pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography.php

For example, MDN limits line length too.

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