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How to automatically switch unit systems?
The question Why use a package to typeset units? made me think about something else: In non-scientific context one may have to provide data for persons using ... imperial units (shiver). But there may ...
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Why use a package to typeset units?
I've seen a lot of posts about different packages for typesetting units and their relative strengths and weaknesses. Most posts seem to agree that the siunitx package is the most up to date package, ...
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Wrapper for siunitx' \SI macro to automatically split number and unit
Problem
I use the siunitx-package to typeset numbers and units with correct spacing etc. There is a command
\SI{<number>}{<unit>}
for that. However, it would be much easier to write ...
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Oldstyle numerals or lining numerals with units of measurement?
What is considered proper typography regarding which set of numerals to use with units of measurement?
A real-life example:
In the experiment, shown schematically in figure 2.2, we illuminate an ...
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Typesetting unit-less numbers and number-less units
I am using the siunitx package to typeset my numbers, but sometimes I find situations in which I have numbers without units (when the units are not nearby) and units without numbers. E.g.:
The bird ...
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siunitx: µ doesn't work
I'm using TeXnicCenter for Windows (7) and I'm a bloody beginner in everything that concerns LaTeX. I'm using the siunitx package for mathematical formulas and it works just fine... with one ...
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How to switch large document from units-package to siunitx?
For historical reasons, I've been using the units package in my thesis to typeset numbers with units or units with \usepackage[tight]{units}
For formatting numbers in table columns I'm already using ...
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Should I put a space between a number and its unit?
No too much more to say.
\( 2.63\si\ohm \) looks odd. But it might be the correct way.
\( 2.64\,\si\ohm \) looks much better IMO. What about the \,? Sould it be bigger, smaller or there is no really ...
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Problem with slanted numerals when combining siunitx and arev
There is a strange interaction between the siunitx and arev packages, whereby all the numerals appear slanted when using commands such as \num or \SI.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
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siunitx: scientific notation
I want to use scientific notation with the siunitx package. However, when I try to do it I am getting an error:
The width of a human hair is \SI{1 \times 10^{-4}}{m}.
This has always given me a ...
