MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ CIRC package with MIKTeX 2.7

[xrone]

Hello,

I have some issues using the CIRC package with MIKTeX 2.7.

The package installs fluently. The basic elements behave perfectly.
However, the "physics" and "optics" options, for example, do not work.

As an example, the following lines produce just "a" and "k" and no drawings.

\begin{circuit}0
\spring{} a u %
\end{circuit}

The "compilation" log reads:

Package CIRC Info: `\put \P \_ \L \S ' redefined on input line 53.
Missing character: There is no > in font ciphysic!
Package CIRC Info: `\put \P \_ \L \S ' restored on input line 55.

Can you help me with this issue?

Thank you in advance.

Xavier

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Xavier,

welcome to the board!
This code is working on my system, using TeX Live 2007 on Ubuntu Linux 8.04. I've used this test file:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[physics]{circ}
\begin{document}
\begin{circuit}0
\spring{} a u %
\end{circuit}
\end{document}

The output is like expected, including the drawing. What do you get if you try this example? Do you make something different? In general it would be easier to help if you provide a compilable minimal working example showing the problem.

Stefan

[xrone]

Hello Stefan,

Thank you for your reply.

Excuse me for not submitting a fully working example. I will do in the future.

Basically, the example you submitted is what I had tried.
With MikTex 2.7, I do not get the spring, but only the "a" and "k".
In the past days, as I am in a relative hurry, I have reinstalled MikTeX2.6 in parallel with 2.7. There, the same code produces the expected output.

To give you complete information, even though I do not think it is related, I use Winedt5.5 in combination with MikTeX. I just loaded your code in an empty file. I compile with Texify from MikTeX2.6, I get the spring and labels as expected. Then, I just change the link in Winedt to the Texify from 2.7, I get "a" and "k".

At the moment, I have thus a temporary solution, but I am afraid to loose the CIRC package in the future MikTeX releases and the compatibility with my files.

Again, thank you for your help.

Best Regards,

Xavier