[XeTeX] The arcs package

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 25, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Rembrandt Wolpert <r.f.wolpert at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I can confirm this on MacOS 10.7.5 and up-to-date TL 2013. (It gave
> me 6.0pt, just to be slightly different). The same happens when using
> lualatex, and also with straight forward latex; so it seems a problem
> with the arcs package?
> 
> Rembrandt
> 
> 
> On 8/25/13 9:42 AM, Arash Zeini wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Since the upgrade to TeX Live 2013, the arcs package behaves strangely. It
>> draws the desired arc under the respective characters, but a string like
>> "5.0pt" will always precede the characters with the arc. Has anyone else
>> noticed this problem?
>> 
>> I have tried this MWE with two different fonts on two computers running
>> Debian unstable and a "vanilla" TL 2013:
>> 
>> \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
>> 
>> \usepackage{xltxtra}
>> 
>> \setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Junicode}
>> \usepackage{arcs}
>> 
>> \begin{document}
>> An underarc: \underarc{ab}. And now an overarc: \overarc{ab}.
>> 
>> \end{document}
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Arash


Howdy,

The date in the arcs.sty file is:

\ProvidesPackage {arcs}[2004/05/09]

so it hasn't been touched in many years.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)