The future of Glyphs :)

[Avantino]

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Is there a way to reference only the component outlines?

Hi, is there a way to have a component in a glyph and only refer to its outline and not its sidebearings? An example. Assume you use the period to create the elipsis. If you position the three dots in the elipsis and afterwards change the sidebearings of the period, the elipsis is going to be messed up (similarly if you move the parent component vertically).

I agree with @kosbarts … this has been an obstacle which many work around trying all sorts of solutions to free the component from a defined SB; (I had in many cases to mix between regular paths and components… a matter which @mekkablue hates )
I believe in context with this thread, that the Future Versions of GlyphsApp should bear intrinsic differentiation between a defined glyph and a Composing Path which is like a separate Symbol accessible by a Library window, such as Adobe CC Apps where a user can drag a Symbol (path) and position it independently inside any glyph; So it is not affected by a side-bearing of a source Glyph.
Imagine a right-click command like the current “Component from Selection” which Creates a new Symbol from a selected path and put it into a Library. The difference between a Symbol and Component is that the first cannot be defined as a glyph! while a component is actually an Exported or Non-Exported glyph (Anyhow a glyph may contain a combination of Components with Composing Paths/Symbols). Editing a Nested Symbol in a certain Glyph is by double click, which makes a sort of “Temporary Isolation/floating path” until editing is confirmed.
One more issue that should be discussed whether “Symbols” are controlled with Anchors or not!!