[Xy-pic] Re: XY Pic conflics with curves

Ross Moore ross@ics.mq.edu.au
Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:17:28 +1000 (EST)


> Hello Kristoffer, Hello Rose
> 
> your really nice package
> 
> > Xy-pic version 3.7 <1999/02/16> Copyright (c) 1991-1998 by
> > Kristoffer H. Rose <krisrose@ens-lyon.fr>
> 
> conflicts with the also very nice package 
> 
> > curves.sty version 1.41 for LaTeX 2.09, SLiTeX, and LaTeX2e.
> 
> as both export a function "curve".

Why do you need both together ?   :-)

Seriously, doesn't Xy-pic provide constructions for all of the curve
types that are possible with  curves.sty ?
Furthermore, with Xy-pic you can request labels and breaks at
arbitrary positions along the curve, and get PostScript output
rather than just the series of closely-spaced dots that earlier
packages used.
 
> Would it be possible to change names to xycurve or something other
> to avoid the collision ?

It is easy to avoid collisions:

\usepackage[...,curve,....]{xy}
\let\xycurve\curve   % bind \xycurve to the expansion of Xy's \curve
\let\curve\relax     % so that \newcommand doesn't complain
\usepackage{curves}

should let you use \xycurve  as you suggest.


Hope this helps,

	Ross Moore

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