Document Classes ⇒ Memoir -- Unused global option(s) ???

[lrp]

Hi,

Memoir looks like a promising class for several projects I have in mind. So, I started a systematic study but, got no further than page 3 in Peter Wilson's The Memoir Class before I ran into questions.

I set up the following test *.tex file:

\documentclass[ebook,9pt,extrafontsizes,oneside,final]{article}
\usepackage{lettrine}
\begin{document}

% \title{\sffamily\selectfont{\huge{This is my title}}}
\title{\textsf{\textmd{\huge{This is my title}}}}
\author{Artie P. Author}
\date{}
\maketitle

\lettrine[lines=1, lhang=.3]{N}{otice that} the name of the command you are changing or renewing goes in the first set of curly braces and the new value goes

yada yada ..

\end{document}

Works, but I get this warning:

LaTeX Warning: Unused global option(s):
[ebook,9pt,extrafontsizes].

No warning with letterpaper and 10pt or 12pt options.

I checked out my .../tex/latex/memoir directory and I see *.clo files for 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, and 17pt.

Seems that that the 9pt option should work. But why not?

And why aren't the ebook and extrafontsizes options used?

Many thanks,

LRP.

[phi]

If you want to use memoir you have to specify that: Write \documentclass[...]{memoir} instead of \documentclass[...]{article}.

[lrp]

Thanks, phi,

Yes, that was pretty stupid. But... now I get:

! LaTeX Error: Command \footruleskip already defined.
Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...

l.302 ...and{\footruleskip}{.3\normalbaselineskip}

Looking up \footruleskip, I see it's defined in \fancyhdr. So, when I comment out \fancyhdr, memoir starts to work for me.

Thanks again for pointing out my mental lapse.

LRP

[localghost]

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Best regards
Thorsten