Re: LM 2.4.1: errors in variable definitions

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno dom 17 lug 2016 alle 10:45, Malte Meyn 
<address@hidden> ha scritto:
> Am 17.07.2016 um 09:16 schrieb Federico Bruni:
> > 3. width variable triggers this error:
> > error: unknown escaped string: `\cm'
> >
> > I don't know how to fix this,
>
> Put the definition of width into an \paper block. cm seems to be 
> unknown outside.
>
> \paper {
>   width = 4.5\cm
> }

Of course, but this is the standard \paper property and the whole point 
of the example in the documentation is defining variables.

We may omit the unit and use the default one (millimeters). But I 
wonder if this is a bug or there's a better way to define such a 
variable.