Re: Jianpu Notation

[Werner LEMBERG]

> "Negative values will flip or mirror the stencil without changing
> its origin; this may result in collisions unless the scaled stencil
> is realigned"
> 
> I’ll have to give this a try.  
> 
> Would it be worth defining “flip” functions that call
> ly:stencil-scale with negative, non-scaling, numbers (i.e. -1) ?

IMHO, no.

> That would be more discoverable and result in clearer code.

Regarding `more discoverable': I guess that there are missing cross
reference entries

> And/or the doc string for ly:stencil-scale could indicate that it
> can be used in this way, currently it only says:
> 
>   "Scale stil using the horizontal and vertical scaling factors x
>   and y."

This certainly makes sense.  Can you provide a patch?


    Werner