install_latex_units: Install length units for LaTeX
In hughjonesd/cssunits: Units for CSS and LaTeX

Description Usage Arguments Details Removing Examples

Install length units for LaTeX

1	install_latex_units(macros = FALSE)

macros

Boolean. Install some common LaTeX length macros such as \\textwidth?

Some units will be removed from the standard udunits database, including "pt" (pint), "t" (tonne), "d" (day), "cc" (cubic centimeters), and "u" (unit of atomic mass).

These functions install incompatible versions of some units, e.g. CSS points are not the same as LaTeX points. They are also not idempotent: calling them twice will probably generate an error. To return to the pristine udunits2 database, use

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unloadNamespace("cssunits")
unloadNamespace("units")
library(units)

unloadNamespace("cssunits")
unloadNamespace("units")
library(units)
library(cssunits)
install_latex_units()
set_units(1, "in") + set_units(72.27, "pt")