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

[Mike Solomon]

On 28 août 2013, at 09:47, "Keith OHara" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:30:32 -0700, Mike Solomon <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On 28 août 2013, at 05:28, "Keith OHara" <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Of course I think it would be better to allow box dimensions in the stencil 
>>> expression.  Boxes are simple enough to enter as coordinates in markup 
>>> expressions like \pad-to-box, they are a useful building block for 
>>> arbitrary skylines, and the current code builds skylines from the stencil 
>>> expression.
>>> 
>> 
>> If we are willing to say that boxes should be an exception because of how 
>> primitive they are, then it makes more sense to make an exception for them, 
>> as they can be used in concord to create more complex structures.  In that 
>> case, we may want to accept a list of boxes (or a list of quadrilaterals) 
>> instead of just a box, as at that point we can approximate any shape.
>> 
> 
> Another reason for making an exception for boxes is the preexistence of  
> \pad-to-box  as a markup command, while we now base our padding on skylines 
> derived from the stencil expressions.
> 
> If we still think this way in a day, I'll repost the patch that adds the 
> stencil-primitive 'with-dimensions,  supports {cresc. \pad-around 0.5 "- - 
> -"}, and removes the faint box around harp-pedals.
> 
> A stencil-primitive 'with-dimension could be extended in a natural way to a 
> list of boxes, if we want that in the future.
> 

Just for kicks, I've proposed a new patch along with a new issue 3255.  It's 
worth mulling over - whatever solution we implement should fix this issue as 
well.

Cheers,
MS