bar number position (direction) numerical definitions overlap

[Paul Scott]

At least in the last several versions of the manual (this is from 
2.9.12) the following appears implying that you can't have both UP and 
RIGHT or DOWN and LEFT:

|direction| (direction):
   |1|

   #UP or #DOWN, #LEFT or #RIGHT? (or a numerical value, #UP=1,
   #DOWN=-1, #LEFT=-1, #RIGHT=1, CENTER=0)

DOWN gives me what I want but so does LEFT which isn't right presuming 
UP and LEFT is the default.

Paul Scott