https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=128132
Larry <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue Type|DEFECT |ENHANCEMENT Status|RESOLVED |UNCONFIRMED Resolution|NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE |--- --- Comment #2 from Larry <[email protected]> --- The idea is to be able to type over (overstrike) a symbol one or multiple times - showing thew "base" symbol and the overstriking symbols in the same character position. In such case technically the "cursor" is backspaced after each overstruck symbol so the next symbol overlays it. This was used in the 1960-s/1970-s with the IBM Selectric Typewriter and other printers to type APL (a programming language) operators. Such printers had a backspace function which mechanically backspaced to before the last symbol typed. "Chain printers" had a similar capability for overprinting - the paper could be prevented from moving to the next line so characters could be overprinted. One use of this was to underline or create a "bold" effect. Imagine say O overprinted with =. The = would be in middle of O. Or S overprinted with |. That would be similar to a $ sign. = overstruck by / and then \ would be = with sort of a large X over it. A more powerful capability would be to say print a small character right over or under another, similar to the way superscript and subscript is handled, but right above oir below the base character. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue.
