Re: Proposed horizontal spacing adjustment [was Re: film score example]

[PMA]

David Kastrup wrote:
> PMA<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > Jim Long wrote:
> > > I suppose that, by extension, this means that a factor of #0.0
> > > means the layout would have no spacing at all, and all glyphs
> > > would be engraved over the top of each other in one big blob, and
> > > a factor of #-1.0 would mean that the glyphs are engraved
> > > normally, but spaced right-to-left.  For the sake of
> > > reasonableness/sanity, perhaps Lily might just disallow factors<
> > > or perhaps even<= 0, unless someone can make a compelling use
> > > case for non-positive spacing factors.
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> > Unless we'd prefer to make>0 expand,
> > <0 contract, and =0 change nothing).
>
> And to get right-to-left, you then set the value to i*pi.  And
> bottom-to-top is i*pi/2.
I presume this reveals my thought as clueless.
Apparently the parameter _must_ function as
a factor.  Sorry.