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One more theory - it could be a tabulator or cursor symbol (for word processing applications).
by johndoe0815 2y ago
One more theory - it could be a tabulator or cursor symbol (for word processing applications).
- raverbashing 2y agoYup. That's what it looks like to me as well
- polpo 2y agoThat's what I always assumed it was, too.
- smcameron 2y agoI am pretty sure IBM's "DisplayWriter" word processor used the "small house" char for some kind of an indicator in the status line, maybe something to do with tabs. Here's a screenshot I found of DisplayWriter using that char: https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/indw.png https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Displaywriter_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Displaywriter_System
- california-og 2y agoI did consider that, but the 1980 IBM Displaywriter uses a filled downwards triangle, not a house character, to indicate the center line [0]. But you're right that the Displaywriter inspited 1984 DisplayWrite DOS program [1] did use the house character for the same purpose. (Although, CP437 also included a filled downwards triangle character at 0x1F.) [0]: https://youtu.be/YnU_woucebE?t=169 https://youtu.be/YnU_woucebE?t=169 [1]: https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/Software/ibm_displaywrite.php https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/Software/ibm_displaywrite.p...