[XeTeX] The arcs package

Arash Zeini arash.zeini at gmail.com
Fri Mar 16 11:31:04 CET 2018


Hi Everyone,

A couple of years ago, I raised an issue I had encountered with the arcs
package (see below for the complete run of messages). A solution was
proposed by Michael Sharpe and Joseph Wright wrote that he would mention
the issue on c.t.t., as messages to arcs' author bounced. The solution,
which I add manually to arcs.sty is:

"The arcs package depends on the relsize package which did change a few
months ago in a way that requires a small change in the arcs package. You
need to add the line (just after \RequirePackage{relsize} is a good place}

\long\def \@gobblethree #1#2#3{}

and then change the line

\let \rs at size@warning = \@gobbletwo

to

\let \rs at size@warning = \@gobblethree

because, in relsize.sty, the macro \rs at size@warning is now defined to have
three arguments, the last of which (6.0pt) was being left as printable
text. This problem is a LaTeX issue and has nothing particular to XeTeX."

The arcs package was never updated and the issue persists. Is there anyway
these changes could be incorporated into arcs.sty? I use arcs quite often
and it would be a great help if the changes could become part of the code.

Many thanks and best wishes,
Arash

On 26 August 2013 at 17:25, Arash Zeini <arash.zeini at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you, all, for your feedback. I can wait for the fix to be applied.
>
> Joseph: if you hear anything, could you please post it here?
>
> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Arash
>
>
> On 25 August 2013 16:02, Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> On 25/08/2013 16:00, Joseph Wright wrote:
>> > Nothing to do with XeTeX: it's due to relsize and shows up with a demo
>> > for pdfTeX. Inside arcs.sty you find
>> >
>> >     \let \rs at size@warning = \@gobbletwo
>> >     \relsize{-10}%
>> >
>> > but in the latest relsize (dated 2013-03-29) \rs at size@warning takes
>> > three arguments. Thus arcs needs adjusting (probaly should just leave
>> > the relsize code alone): I've CC'd the arcs author.
>>
>> Message to the arcs author bounced. I'll raise this on c.t.t.: the
>> package is LPPL so a change can be sorted out if he can't be found.
>> --
>> Joseph Wright
>>
>>
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