Re: Left-handed fretboard?

[David Kastrup]

Malte Meyn <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 18.01.2018 um 14:09 schrieb Torsten Hämmerle:
>> Ah, yes, when in landscape mode, setting a negative string-distance makes the
>> whole diagram flip below the baseline.
>>
>> Oh dear, another effect (in general):
>> capo numbers and other objects that should be placed in the margin of the
>> diagram.
>> When setting a negative string-distance, they flip inside the diagram.
>>
>> Probably we should extend issue 5264 to all negative string-number problems.
>
> Maybe it would be better not to support negative string-distance but
> add a property that inverts the string order (or maybe extend the
> orientation property).

Somebody's bound to use that expedient anyway and the
almost-but-not-quite results will be seen as LilyPond's fault.

-- 
David Kastrup