Fixed Format RPG - Change to format overlay

Today I was editing a fixed format program and noticed the format overlay. Initially I loved it as it is needed. I do not write fixed format code and when I do (usually maintaining code), it has been difficult to find the positioning of the fields and op-codes.

The problem I have with it is, it overlays the previous line to the line being edited. The overlay is so confusing and is leading to errors as you cannot see the contents of the previous line.

I would like to suggest replacing the overlay over the previous line with "inserting" the format between the previous line and the line being edited.

Alternately, is there a key sequence to turn this feature on and off as required?

Thank you,
Darryl Freinkel

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|Context|Version|
|-|-|
|Code for IBM i version|2.14.5|
|Visual Studio Code version|1.96.0|
|Operating System|win32_x64|

Active extensions

```
COBOL (cobol): 24.12.14
Code for IBM i Walkthroughs (vscode-ibmi-walkthroughs): 0.5.0
Configuration Editing (configuration-editing): 1.0.0
Db2 for IBM i (vscode-db2i): 1.7.0
Emmet (emmet): 1.0.0
Error Lens (errorlens): 3.21.0
Git (git): 1.0.0
Git Base (git-base): 1.0.0
GitHub (github): 0.0.1
GitHub Authentication (github-authentication): 0.0.2
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TODO Highlight (vscode-todo-highlight): 1.0.5
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```

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Remote system

|Setting|Value|
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|IBM i OS|V7R4M0|
|Tech Refresh|9|
|CCSID Origin|65535|
|Runtime CCSID|65535|
|Default CCSID|37|
|SSHD CCSID|?|
|cqsh|true|
|SQL|Enabled
|Source dates|Enabled

### Enabled features

|/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin|/usr/bin|/QSYS.lib/ILEDITOR.lib|/QSYS.LIB|/QIBM/ProdData/IBMiDebugService/bin|/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk80|/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk11|
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|bash|attr|GETNEWLIBL.PGM|QZDFMDB2.PGM|startDebugService.sh|64bit|64bit|
|chsh|iconv||||||
|grep|setccsid||||||
|ls|tar||||||
|md5sum|uname||||||
|sort|||||||
|stat|||||||
|tn5250|||||||

Shell env

```bash
BUILDLIB=QGPL
CURLIB=QGPL
HOME=/home/dfreinkel
HOST=172.17.72.21
LIBLS=QRYLIB DPSRCLIB DPOBJLIB DPPDATA QGPL QTEMP OPRUTLLIB DFREINKEL
LOGIN=dfreinkel
LOGNAME=dfreinkel
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/dfreinkel
OLDPWD=/home/DFREINKEL
PASE_USRGRP_LIMITED=N
PATH=/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/bin/X11:/usr/sbin:.:/usr/bin
PWD=/home/dfreinkel
SHELL=/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/bash
SHLVL=1
SSH_CLIENT=10.27.230.188 53514 22
SSH_CONNECTION=10.27.230.188 53514 172.17.72.21 22
TZ=5,M3.2.0,M11.1.0
USER=dfreinkel
USERNAME=DFREINKEL
WORKDIR=/home/dfreinkel
_=/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/env
```

Variants

```json
{
"american": "#@$",
"local": "#@$",
"qsysNameRegex": {}
}
```