Re: Adds dimension stencil command to correct with-dimension (issue 12957047)

[dak]

On 2013/08/26 04:08:17, mike7 wrote:
> On 25 août 2013, at 16:04, mailto:address@hidden wrote:

> > On 2013/08/25 08:22:01, mike7 wrote:
> >> On 25 août 2013, at 09:15, mailto:address@hidden wrote:
> >
> >> > A second stencil is not a very good data structure for reserving
> > space.
> >> > Skylines are better at this, and we can \once\override 'padding
and
> >> > 'horizon-padding to get padding that follows the outlines of the
> >> > stencil.
> >> [...]
> >> If
> >> we're going to do that, then we should think of the general problem
> > we're trying
> >> to solve.  To me, the general problem seems to be "how can we
replace
> > the
> >> outline of one shape with that of another?"
> >
> > No, that is _absolutely_ not the general problem here.  The general
> > problem is: "how can we replace the outline/skylines of one stencil
with
> > a different outline/skyline?"
> >

> It seems like what would make sense is for stencils to carry their own
skyline
> information, much like they carry their own dimension information.

So what?  Whether or not the skyline is cached or even persistent is
completely orthogonal to the issue at hand, namely what we want to be
able to override a stencil's skyline in stencil-integration with.

https://codereview.appspot.com/12957047/