<div dir="ltr"><div>it works for me with cancel.sty that starts</div><div>% cancel.sty version 2.2 12-Apr-2013.</div><div>I don't think I have changed the graphics-pln in years (autopict.sty from 2001 being the last change I think)</div><div>stick \tracingall at the top of the file and send me the log off list, I'll have a look<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 at 20:17, Rodolfo Medina <<a href="mailto:rodolfo.medina@gmail.com">rodolfo.medina@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Rodolfo Medina <<a href="mailto:rodolfo.medina@gmail.com" target="_blank">rodolfo.medina@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
<br>
> David Carlisle <<a href="mailto:d.p.carlisle@gmail.com" target="_blank">d.p.carlisle@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
><br>
>> \input picture<br>
>> \catcode`\@=11<br>
>><br>
>> \RequirePackage{cancel}<br>
>> \let\zzcancel\cancel<br>
>> \def\cancel#1{{%<br>
>> \let\line\LaTeX@line<br>
>> \zzcancel{#1}}}<br>
>><br>
>> $\cancel{x^2 + 1}$<br>
>><br>
>> $\cancel{a}$<br>
>><br>
>> $\cancel{{x^2 + 1 \over b}}$<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> \bye<br>
><br>
><br>
> Fantastic...!!<br>
<br>
<br>
Strange... Now I'm on a different computer of mine and I get error:<br>
<br>
$ tex test<br>
This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2016/Debian) (preloaded format=tex)<br>
(./test.tex (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/graphics-pln/picture.tex<br>
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/graphics-pln/miniltx.tex)<br>
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/graphics-pln/autopict.sty))<br>
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/cancel/cancel.sty)<br>
! Undefined control sequence.<br>
\@cancel ...eight \unitlength \p@ \canc@thinlines <br>
{\/\raise \dimen@ \hbox {\...<br>
<br>
\mathpalette ...>\mathchoice {#1\displaystyle {#2}<br>
}{#1\textstyle {#2}}{#1\sc...<br>
<br>
\zzcancel ...lette {\@cancel {\@can@slash {}}}{#1}<br>
\else \@cancel {\@can@slas...<br>
<br>
\cancel #1->{\let \line \LaTeX@line \zzcancel {#1}<br>
}<br>
l.10 $\cancel{x^2 + 1}<br>
$<br>
? <br>
<br>
<br>
Maybe a too old version of `picture'...? In fact, on this PC, I have an older<br>
version of Debian...<br>
<br>
Thanks for any help,<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Rodolfo<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>