roxygenize modifies author text in the package DESCRIPTION about roxygen2 HOT 5 CLOSED

Oh hmmm, this is because I roxygen formats the description file to eliminate long lines. I need some sort of check to see if you've done it yourself. Maybe we should check for line lengths > 80 and only wrap if that is true. You'll also notice this formatting in your depends and suggests fields.

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@hadley I'm not quite up to speed on how the roclets work under the hood, but it appears DESCRIPTION-processing already checks for line lengths > 60 and wraps them.:

} else {
    width <- if (individual_lines) 0 else 60
    out <- strwrap(sprintf('%s: %s', field, value), exdent=4, width = width)    
  }

As a simple solution, maybe just make the default wrap width threshold more generous?

60 characters feels too conservative. 80 characters might be too conservative also, though 80 is (I think) standard from old-style monitors. Maybe 80, 100, 120 or 140? I'd be happy to start a pull request, if you'd like. Just let me know.

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I think the best solution would be to check if the line width is greater than some threshold, and only wrap if necessary. I think you're right that we should make the default wrapping a little more generous - I think 80 is standard. A patch (with tests) would be highly appreciated.

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@hadley - I'll get cracking on this and issue a pull request once the code is ready.

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Fixed in 3c531eb

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