Dimension tool: a reflected aligned dimension has its line on the reflected side

An unlinked aligned dimension that was reflected on its own kept its
offset, which is measured along the left normal of a to b. A reflection
turns that normal to the other side, so a line 30 pt above two level
points stayed 30 pt above them after a flip top to bottom instead of
going below them. The offset now changes sign when the transform
reverses orientation, as a reflection or a scale by a negative factor
does. Other transforms leave it as before, and linked, horizontal and
vertical dimensions keep their own rules.

Docs: docs/dimensions.md.
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@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ Measurements follow the art they measure through moves, scaling and anchor and h
undo and redo included. When the art is reflected, the line of a linked linear dimension goes to
the reflected side, as far past the outermost point as before. This does not happen for art whose
anchors and handles all lie on one line, such as a straight line, which a half turn puts in the
same place as a reflection. Deleting the art, changing its number of anchors or whether it is
same place as a reflection. An unlinked aligned dimension that is reflected, or scaled by a
negative factor, has its line on the reflected side of its points. Deleting the art, changing its number of anchors or whether it is
closed, turning an angle's arm into a curve, or making a measured circle or arc no longer circular
leaves its dimensions where they were, no longer linked, in the same undo step, rather than
attaching them to a different edge. Undo links them again. A linked dimension moved on its own