Re: LM chapter 4 inaccuracies [WAS: LM 4.2.1: standard settings oflayout objects are in alphabetic order]

[Colin Hall]

On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 07:02:25PM +0100, Trevor Daniels wrote:
> Federico Bruni wrote Sunday, September 02, 2012 6:01 PM
> 
> > There's an inconsistency, as it's first stated that -1 causes the text 
> > to be left-aligned, then that values less than -1 moves the text even 
> > further to the right.
> 
> These are not inconsistent.  Remember we are moving an extended
> object with respect to a fixed point.  So "left-aligned" means the 
> object's left edge is aligned to the reference point, i.e. it is moved to
> the right of the reference.
> 
> So not a bug.
> 
> Trevor

Thanks for the analysis, Trevor. No action required from bug squad.

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall