# [Xy-pic] Problem with curved arrows to circular regions

Stefan Fink stefan.fink at hanse.net
Thu Mar 18 00:00:13 CET 2004

Hi Bjarte,

I think this one is comparable to my problem I had a few weeks ago, see

http://www.tug.org/pipermail/xy-pic/2003-November/000231.html

I hope, we will see a new upload of xy-pic at ctan with integrated
patches, soon. (@Ross: if any help is needed, let me know!)

Regards, Stefan.

Bjarte M. Oestvold wrote:

>Hi
>
>I've made an xymatrix where curved arrows go between circular regions.
>The problem is that the arrows are slightly short, i.e., they do not
>quite reach their target.  (Squares are no problem.)  Here's a minimal
>example of the problem:
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>\documentclass{article}
>\usepackage[line,dvips,matrix,arrow,frame,curve]{xy}
>
>\begin{document}
>\newcommand{\cstate}[1]{*+++[F]\txt{#1}}
>
>\xymatrix at +7ex{%
>  *+++[F]\txt{AAAA} \ar@(dl,dr)[]_{b}
>  }
>\end{document}
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Did I misunderstand something? Or can I rewrite my code to avoid the
>problem?  (I'm using Xy-pic version 3.7 <1999/02/16>.)
>
>Sorry if this is a FAQ -- I tried to find an answer.  If I missed it a
>pointer to a FAQ-answer will be appreciated.
>