.editorconfig

@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ root = true
 # Defaults
 [*]
 # Future: https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig/issues/89
-# Remember to always .gitattributes. lf line-endings are prettier default and
-# required by doctoc, so enabling either of those breaks on Windows unless lf
-# is specified here and in .gitattributes
+# Linux line endings, this repo/file is unlikely to be used in Windows
 end_of_line = lf
 trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 insert_final_newline = true
@@ -15,15 +13,11 @@ charset = utf-8
 # Accessibility reasons. Vim: :%retab! (note also :set ts=4)
 indent_style = tab
 indent_size = tab
-# Usable in common Braille displays? Line continuation marker and diffing
-# take two. Prettier default 80. WCAG requirement 80.
-max_line_length = 78
 # Opinionated affecting only display, better to not set
 #tab_width =
 
 # *nix, just in case
 [*.{bash,sh}]
-# .gitattributes !
 end_of_line = lf
 
 # Limnoria/Supybot config files use trailing spaces for empty config files,
@@ -36,9 +30,6 @@ trim_trailing_whitespace = false
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 2
 
-[*.csv]
-max_line_length =
-
 # Markdown apparently allows linebreaks by two trailing spaces, while I
 # never seem to do that, maybe I should accept it
 [{LICENSE,*.{markdown,md}}]
@@ -73,15 +64,9 @@ indent_style = tab
 indent_size = tab
 # empty last columns/fields
 trim_trailing_whitespace = false
-max_line_length =
-
-# RFC 678
-#[*.txt]
-#max_line_length = 72
 
 # Windows line-endings for Windows
 [*.{reg,bat,ahk}]
-# Remember the .gitattributes !
 end_of_line = crlf
 
 # YAML requires spaces. The GitHub citation files look YAML to me.

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -19,5 +19,3 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: editorconfig-checker
         alias: ec
-        # I don't actually care about line lengths as more than a guideline
-        args: [-disable-max-line-length]

rc/vimrc

@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ autocmd BufReadPost *
 " Highlight all search results
 set hlsearch
 
-" Keep text under 78 chars. Common Braille displays have 80, one reserved for
-" line continuation, one for diffing?
-" https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/7475#issuecomment-1484238440
-set textwidth=78
-" Marginal/line just before that. Set separately so it gets affected by
-" editorconfig and modelines?
-set colorcolumn=-1
+" Red column on the right as indication on what I wish to consider as the
+" maximum length of a line.
+set colorcolumn=76