<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div class="" style="">Dear folks,</div><div class="" style=""><br></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">I noticed that the liftpen of psellipticarc(n) cannot be changed. Why? </div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color:
transparent;">\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">\def\A#1{%</div><div class="" style="">\begin{pspicture}[showgrid,dimen=m](7,5)</div><div class="" style="">\rput(3.5,4.5){psarcn with liftpen=#1}</div><div class="" style="">\pscustom</div><div class="" style="">{</div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\moveto(1,1)</div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\psarcn[liftpen=#1](4,2){2}{180}{0}</div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>%\closepath</div><div class="" style="">}</div><div class="" style="">\end{pspicture}}</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">\def\B#1{%</div><div class="" style="">\begin{pspicture}[showgrid,dimen=m](7,5)</div><div class="" style="">\rput(3.5,4.5){psellipticarcn with liftpen=#1}</div><div
class="" style="">\pscustom</div><div class="" style="">{</div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\moveto(1,1)</div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\psellipticarc[liftpen=#1](4,2)(2,2){180}{0}</div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>%\closepath</div><div class="" style="">}</div><div class="" style="">\end{pspicture}}</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="">\begin{document}</div><div class="" style="">\foreach \i in {0,1,2}{\A{\i}}</div><div class="" style="">\foreach \i in {0,1,2}{\B{\i}}</div><div class="" style="">\end{document}</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal;
background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Thanks.</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">regards,</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px;
font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">GC</div></div></body></html>