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johnst · Post by **johnst** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:18 pm

The problem is that all length-commands, e.g., \setlength, are local, meaning that old values are restored when going out of a group of commands surrounded by {..}. Is there any way to make length-assignments globally defined provided they are made within the group of commands?

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Post by **josephwright** » Thu May 07, 2009 1:09 pm

\global\setlength ?

Post by **localghost** » Thu May 07, 2009 4:00 pm

I would think that putting such declarations into the preamble also makes them global.

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Post by **josephwright** » Thu May 07, 2009 5:39 pm

I'm rather assuming this is a document command question, not a global setting.

johnst · Post by **johnst** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:48 am

Thank you! \global\setlength does work properly !

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