General ⇒ Problem with siunitx package

[tho_mi]

Hey,

i have problems with the siunitx package. Latex always gives the following error messages:

LaTeX error: "kernel/property-unknown"
The key property '.meta:x' is unknown.
See the LaTeX3 documentation for further information.
For immediate help type H <return>.

The error leads me to line 617 of siunitx-version-1.cfg.tex (see attachment).

Does anyone have an idea where this error comes from?

Thanks in advance!

[cgnieder]

You should make a complete meaningful but really short minimal working example that let's everybody reproduce the error and use it to report this here:

https://github.com/josephwright/siunitx/

Regards

[tho_mi]

Ok, I hope this example-file works. I still get the same error messages.

edit:
Btw, despite the errors i get a working pdf-file.

[cgnieder]

No, this file won't work. If I compile it I don't get any errors! Also I think that most packages in there are unrelated to the problem. It should look something like this:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}% add options you need to reproduce the error
% maybe add \sisetup{...} if you need it to reproduce the error
\begin{document}
% here should be at least one line I suspect but maybe not -- impossible to say
\end{document}

Regards

[tho_mi]

Ok (thanks by the way ). I think i found the source of the mistake.

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\usepackage[digitsep]{siunitx} 

If i delete [digitsep], the errors disappear.

edit:
I deleted all packages except siunitx.

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\documentclass[mathserif,12pt]{beamer}

\usepackage[digitsep]{siunitx} 

\begin{document}

\end{document}

In my case it's enough to produce the error.

[cgnieder]

This also does not give any errors. I get a few warnings but that's it.

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Class beamer Warning: ``mathserif'' is obsolete. Use font theme ``serif'' with option ``onlymath'' on input line 348.

and

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*************************************************
* siunitx warning: "version-1-option"
* 
* Version 1 option 'digitsep' detected.
*************************************************

BTW: are you sure this has to do with beamer? (I doubt it). I rather guess that your version of siunitx does not match your version of l3kernel and l3packages. Perhaps update your TeX distribution.

Regards

[tho_mi]

I get the same warnings. No, beamer is not the problem. Changing the class to article doesn't change anything.

Yes, that's what i thought too. But my distribution is relatively new, miktex was installed ~3 weeks ago. I will try to get a new version of siunitx and then report what changes.

Thanks

edit:
I should have the latest version of siunitx. What version do you have?

[Johannes_B]

The newest version of siunitx should be:

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\ProvidesExplPackage {siunitx} {2013/07/31} {2.5s}

[FabulousD]

Hi,

I had the same error after reinstalling my TeX-Distribution. Therefore I believe it has to do with the newest release of siunitx (2013-07-31), which also fits well with the date of your reported error.

For everone trying to reproduce the error with the siunitx-version mentioned above, here is an exemplary code:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{
  decimalsymbol = comma
}
\begin{document}
\end{document}

I was able to trace back my error to the line "decimalsymbol = comma". If I replace the command

decimalsymbol

(siuntix-version-1) by the equivalent

output-decimal-marker

of siunitx-version-2 (as can be found in the siunitx-documentation from 2013-07-31 on page 75), my code compiles fine.

I hope this helps.
Best regards