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It's missing support for the way you used to get boldface on a typewriter: Type a word, then go back and type it again. This is why the source of manpages does
by raldi 11y ago
It's missing support for the way you used to get boldface on a typewriter: Type a word, then go back and type it again.
This is why the source of manpages does boldface (and underlining) like that -- it's from the days of lineprinter terminals!
For example, to write "hi" in bold, a manpage's source does this: h^Hhi^Hi .. and to underline it: h^H_i^H_
Also, if you keep typing off the end of the page, it doesn't simulate what would usually happen on a real typewriter: you'd get ink on the roller.
- peterfirefly 11y agoNo, that works fine. I can't make the colour change work, though. I was looking forward to see if I could make it type in part red, part black :)
- raldi 11y agoI seem to be having the opposite experience as you; I can make text part red, part black just fine.
- peterfirefly 11y agoI misunderstood the instructions. I have to hold the Esc key down to type red text (with a bit of black here and there at the top). I'm pretty sure the old typewriter I played with as a child didn't have a "shift" key for that but a toggle switch of some sort. I am also pretty sure that I could type a lot faster on that than I can on this simulation. (I took typewriting lessons at school as an elective.) (I think it might have been an old Remington and I think my parents bought it used.)
- gchpaco 11y agoA real manual has better tactile feedback so you can know when it's safe to hit keys without getting a jam, I think that's a lot of what was going on here.