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Graham Smith | 18 Aug 18:23

Koma-script letter error on Windows but not on Mac

I have a letter set up on a Mac, which works fine, but copying it to
Windows and trying to compile gives me the following error:
----------------------------------
 }

You have used \KOMAoptions to set `',
but KOMA-Script does not know any option named `'.
See the KOMA-Script manual for more informations about options and
their values.
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Is  there something obviously different between the Mac and Windows that
could help me solve this problem.

Thanks,

Graham
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Daniel Lohmann | 18 Aug 18:32

Re: Koma-script letter error on Windows but not on Mac

On 18.08.2008, at 18:27, Graham Smith wrote:

> I have a letter set up on a Mac, which works fine, but copying it to
> Windows and trying to compile gives me the following error:
> ----------------------------------
> }
>
> You have used \KOMAoptions to set `',
> but KOMA-Script does not know any option named `'.
> See the KOMA-Script manual for more informations about options and
> their values.
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Is  there something obviously different between the Mac and Windows  
> that
> could help me solve this problem.

Mac prefers to store text files in UTF-8, while Windows tends to use   
either 16 bit unicode or ISO with codepages. Another issue are line  
endings. So you often need to convert text files when moving from one  
system to another.

Open the files with a text editor (such as TextWrangler) that can  
"translate" them  to Windows.

Daniel

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Graham Smith | 18 Aug 19:59

Re: Koma-script letter error on Windows but not on Mac


>
> On 18.08.2008, at 18:27, Graham Smith wrote:
>
>> I have a letter set up on a Mac, which works fine, but copying it to
>> Windows and trying to compile gives me the following error:
>> ----------------------------------
>> }
>>
>> You have used \KOMAoptions to set `',
>> but KOMA-Script does not know any option named `'.
>> See the KOMA-Script manual for more informations about options and
>> their values.
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> Is  there something obviously different between the Mac and  
>> Windows that
>> could help me solve this problem.
>
>
> Mac prefers to store text files in UTF-8, while Windows tends to  
> use  either 16 bit unicode or ISO with codepages. Another issue are  
> line endings. So you often need to convert text files when moving  
> from one system to another.
>
> Open the files with a text editor (such as TextWrangler) that can  
> "translate" them  to Windows.

Thanks, but immediate problem is now that after re-installing Lyx, I  
discovered none of the document classes had been installed, so I've

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Graham Smith | 19 Aug 08:11

Re: Koma-script letter error on Windows but not on Mac

Daniel

On 18 Aug 2008, at 17:32, Daniel Lohmann wrote:

>
> On 18.08.2008, at 18:27, Graham Smith wrote:
>
>> I have a letter set up on a Mac, which works fine, but copying it to
>> Windows and trying to compile gives me the following error:
>> ----------------------------------
>> }
>>
>> You have used \KOMAoptions to set `',
>> but KOMA-Script does not know any option named `'.
>> See the KOMA-Script manual for more informations about options and
>> their values.
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> Is  there something obviously different between the Mac and  
>> Windows that
>> could help me solve this problem.
>
>
> Mac prefers to store text files in UTF-8, while Windows tends to  
> use  either 16 bit unicode or ISO with codepages. Another issue are  
> line endings. So you often need to convert text files when moving  
> from one system to another.
>
> Open the files with a text editor (such as TextWrangler) that can  
> "translate" them  to Windows.

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Konrad Hofbauer | 19 Aug 13:37

Re: Koma-script letter error on Windows but not on Mac

Graham Smith wrote:
> My lines of code giving the problem are:
> 
> \KOMAoptions{%
> ,fromalign=right
> ,fromrule=aftername
> ,fromlogo=true
> ,backaddress=false
> }

Is this LyX-generated code or your own Preamble stuff?

I have not tried, but should there not be a %-sign at the end of each 
line ??? Plus, there is a ',' too much on the first line.
So this is I believe not a cross-platform issue but wrong syntax (which 
happens to be forgiven or not depending on the platform and Koma version).

Try putting everything on one line, i.e.
\KOMAoptions{fromalign=right, fromrule=aftername ,fromlogo=true, 
backaddress=false} and I am almost sure everything works.

HTH,
/Konrad