Page Layout ⇒ Page numbers no longer working

[LatexNoob23]

Hello everyone,

I'm currently finishing up my PhD thesis, and have managed to acquire a LaTeX template from a colleague.

This template (with the .sty code presented below) used to produce page numbers in either the top left or top right of the page. However, even when compiling the original thesis of my colleague (written around several years ago), the page numbers will no longer appear (whereas the identical script used to produce page numbers back then).

My knowledge on LaTeX is however very much base level. So I was wondering whether one of you would be able to identify where the problem lies. That would be a life saver for me.

If additional info is needed, please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

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\ProvidesPackage{thesis}[2006/03/07 v1.1 thesis definitions (HA)]
\RequirePackage{xkeyval}
\RequirePackage{xcolor}
% Package options
\DeclareOptionX{includeall}{\let\includeonly\@gobble}
\DeclareOptionX{singlespacing}{%
  \let\singlespacing\relax
  \renewenvironment{onehalfspace}{}{}%
}
% Optimize layout
% 150 standard
% 1000 suppresses widows and orphans
% 10000 eliminates them but may worsen the rest of the page
% use \raggedbottom?
\DeclareOptionX{suppressWO}{%
  \widowpenalty1000
  \clubpenalty1000
}
\DeclareOptionX{eliminateWO}{%
  \widowpenalty10000
  \clubpenalty10000
}
\DeclareOptionX{raggedbottom}{\raggedbottom}
\newif\ifthesis@embedlinks
\DeclareOptionX{embedlinks}{\thesis@embedlinkstrue}
\DeclareOptionX{blacklinks}{\definecolor{hylinkcolor}{RGB}{0,0,0}}
\DeclareOptionX{bluelinks}{\definecolor{hylinkcolor}{RGB}{0,0,102}}
\DeclareOptionX{manuscript}{\let\manuscript\endinput}
\DeclareOptionX{final}{\let\manuscript\relax}
\ExecuteOptionsX{blacklinks,manuscript}
\ProcessOptionsX\relax
% Margins
% \thesis@margin gives normal margin
% \thesis@rmargin gives right margin (outside margin)
% \thesis@emargin is the difference between \thesis@rmargin and
%   \thesis@margin and this will be used for page numbers,
%   section numbers and fullwidth environments.
 
 
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[Ijon Tichy]

IMHO the package is broken (by design), because it redefines \@fancyhead, which seem to be an internal command of a very, very old version of fancyhdr. Currently it is not used.

[LatexNoob23]

Thanks so much for your quick response!

I've managed to indeed find that \@fancyhead has been replaced by \f@nch@head

However, just replacing this does not solve the problem. Now it actually does not compile with the following error:

! Undefined control sequence.
\f@nch@head ...#1\hb@xt@ \@tempdima {\fancy@reset
\ifodd \c@page \else \parb...

I've tried to track down which additional parts of the code are not up to date anymore, but I haven't been able to track down where the problem lies. As I am really hoping to be able to get the same layout working (as it is a strict requirement for submission), does someone know how to get the following code working again?:

Thanks so much in advance!

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% Page style
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead[RO,LE]{}
\def\fancy@pagenumber{\normalsize\fontfamily{ppl}\thepage}
\fancyhead[LO]{\small\fontfamily{ppl}\rightmark}
\fancyhead[RE]{\small\fontfamily{ppl}\leftmark}
\fancyfoot{}
\def\f@nch@head#1#2#3#4#5{%
  \@tempdima\headwidth\advance\@tempdima\thesis@emargin
  #1\hb@xt@\@tempdima{\fancy@reset
    \ifodd\c@page\else\parbox[b]\thesis@emargin{\raggedright\fancy@pagenumber}\fi
    \@fancyvbox\headheight{\hbox{%
      \rlap{\parbox[b]\headwidth{\raggedright#2}}\hfill
      \parbox[b]\headwidth{\centering#3}\hfill
      \llap{\parbox[b]\headwidth{\raggedleft#4}}%
    }\headrule}%
    \ifodd\c@page\parbox[b]\thesis@emargin{\raggedleft\fancy@pagenumber}\fi
  }#5%
}
 
 
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[LatexNoob23]

Never mind, I've managed to track down the remaining changed macros: \f@nch@vbox and \f@nch@reset
It works fine now.

Many thanks again!

[Ijon Tichy]

To say it clearly: It is not a good idea to change internal macros, if you can reach the same result without doing so! You should do so only, if you absolutely must to reach the wanted result. The page number can surely be placed without changing internal fancyhdr macros. If not, you could use scrlayer or scrlayer-scrpage. scrlayer provides interfaces to add additional layers. There is also a package scrlayer-fancyhdr that combines scrlayer and fancyhdr. So you could use an extra layer for the page number, if needed.

BTW: The shown package loads some packages (at least subfig) twice. Bad style!

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