pin angle not accepted

Question

I am trying to draw a pin with a 45-degree angle. For some reason, the angle is not accepted and is seen as the pin label:

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2.54]
 \path[draw,red,name path=thresh] (0,0.4) -- (4.0,0.4);
 \path[draw,blue,name path=four] (0,0) -- (4.0,1);
 \path[name intersections={of=four and thresh,name=newfour}];
 \node[style={fill=black,circle,scale=0.3},
      pin={[pin edge={black,thick}]45:{cross}}] at (newfour-1) { };
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Here is the result: enter image description here

How can I fix this issue?

Note: My pgf version is 2.10.

Your code works correctly with pgf 2.10, as you can check it here for example (include \pgfversion command in the docuemnt to see that it has 2.10). Also here too. — JLDiaz, Mar 26 '13 at 17:31
The problem must be elswhere then. I am using MacTex and when including \pgfversion the resukt is 2.10 as reported. — vrleboss, Mar 26 '13 at 17:34
And I compile with pdflatex --shell-escape -enable-write18 $fullname — vrleboss, Mar 26 '13 at 17:36
Pin angles are known to snap to certain angles. There must be a long thread about that. Here it is http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/43912/how-can-i-force-tikz-pin-angle — percusse, Mar 26 '13 at 17:43
@percusse I am not sure the problem is due to the value of the angle. Replacing 45by right give the same error. — vrleboss, Mar 26 '13 at 17:47
@percusse BTW I saw the thread you mentioned it propose an alternative method to draw pin using <coordinate a>!<dimension>!<angle>:<coordinate b>> For some unknown reasons this piece of code doesn't work for me either. When I try the 2nd example of the section 13.5.4 of the pgf manual, i get the following error: ! Package tikz Error: + or - expected. \coordinate (c) at ($ (a)!.25!(b) $); ? — vrleboss, Mar 26 '13 at 18:00
Probably there is something wrong with your installation. That's a valid syntax provided that you are loading the calc library. — percusse, Mar 26 '13 at 18:13
I do load the \usetikzlibrary{calc} library, is that the one? What check would you recommend doing to make sure the install is ok? — vrleboss, Mar 26 '13 at 18:18
Problem solved with the help of the above discussion. Turns out that the use of \usepackage[french]{babel} was the culprit. — vrleboss, Mar 27 '13 at 10:47

pin angle not accepted

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