Steve Litt wrote:
> On Friday 11 May 2007 15:09, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
>
>> Steve Litt wrote:
>>
> This didn't work for me. Here's a tiny LaTeX file incorporating it:
>
> %====================================
> \documentclass[12pt]{book}
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> \begin{document}
> mysize is \mysize
> \end{document}
> %====================================
>
> When I try to compile it, here's what happens:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] vimfacts]$ latex junk2.tex
> [snip]
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> \mysize ->\f
> @size
> l.7 mysize is \mysize
>
> ?
>
> Any ideas what I should do?
>
\makeatletter
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\makeatother
Otherwise, LaTeX parses this:
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as if it were:
\newcommand{\mysize}{\f @size} %note the space after '\f'
since '@' isn't ordinarily a `letter', that is, something that can occur
as part of a command name. You always have to use
\makeatletter--\makeatother in the preamble when using @-commands. You
do NOT have to do this in .cls and .sty files. Note that this means that
you also need the \makeatletter--\makeatother pair in Preamble sections
of LyX layouts.
rh
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