[XeTeX] The arcs package

[Arash Zeini]

I don't have the necessary skills to maintain the code and I was not the
one who came up with the modifications. I'd be more than happy to take care
of the administrative side of things, if that's possible.

Best,
Arash

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, 12:54 Wilfred van Rooijen, <wvanrooijen at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> You should "adopt" the package and become the new maintainer, perhaps.
>
> Wilfred
>
>
>
> On Friday, March 16, 2018 7:33 PM, Arash Zeini <arash.zeini at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> 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
> <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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