Re: a proper whiteout function

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Paul (et al.),

> I took Kieren up on his offer to sponsor a better whiteout stencil function.  
> It’s attached so that anyone can make use of it.

Thanks for doing this! Looking forward to seeing it in action “in the wild”.
If anyone is willing to co-sponsor this function with me, please contact me 
off-list and we can discuss the details.

> a more elegant approach would be to trace the outline of the stencil, but 
> that’s beyond my skills

Maybe someone out there can take up the challenge?  =)

> the results of this function are much better than the current 'white square' 
> option.

Agreed! I’ve already used it several times in the scores I’m currently working 
on, and the results are great.

Unexpectedly (and counterintuitively), there *are* certain circumstances — a 
specific list of which I’m still in the process of discovering and compiling — 
in which the regular [‘white square’] option is still superior to my eye. But 
it’s a huge benefit to have this new function, which is preferable (to my eye) 
in the vast majority of cases.

Thanks again,
Kieren.
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