Re: epix changed behaviour

["Andrew D. Hwang" <ahwang@mathcs.holycross.edu>]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 marquito@gmx.at wrote:

> 1 year ago I used epix to create some pictures and it worked very fine. Now
> I wanted to compile the old pictures again, but it does not work anymore.
> there were some updates to the linux system (debian), maybe ghostscript,
> tetex, ... I also tried on a different machine (kubuntu 5.10) with the same
> result. i also tried to generate new pictures with the same result.
>
> to get more precise:
> - arrows look different (too big)
> - font position changed
> - vertical arrows can't be drawn vertical
> things noticed so far.
>
> a short example:
>
> [snip]
>
> if i change the coordinates of the arrow such that it is not vertical,
> everything works fine.
>
> i guess this is due to some new libraries or so. has anyone experienced
> similar problems? is there a solution?
>
Dear Markus,

When I compile your input file, the arrow is pretty short, but I don't get
nan errors. :) Are you by chance using gcc-4.x? A couple of people have
reported similar problems (e.g., arrowheads about 100 times larger than
expected) under gcc-4.0.

Best regards,
Andy

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