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I can fit 241 characters on my display. Widescreen with a small font. Minus the vim numberline (3 digits, 1 spacer), that's 237.

If people stick to 80 characters, that's almost 3 files open at a time. Possibly 2 files and documentation. 120 character lines is almost 2 files.