errorssiunitx
I'm using TeXShop on OS X Lion (the MacTeX distro, which is kind of amazing) and I cannot do the following with siunitx:
\SI{4}{\giga\byte}
TeXShop says it's an "Undefined control sequence." According to the manual I should be able to do this:
\usepackage[detect-weight=true, binary-units=true]{siunitx}
or this:
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{ detect-weight=true, binary-units=true }
but that's not working, and I've tried small variants.
How can I make the "byte" unit work?
You have to use \SI{<number>}{<unit macros>} if you want to typeset a number with units (instead of the lowercase \si, which typesets just units), and unit prefixes like \milli and \nano have to be separated from the unit macros \liter and \gram:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\SI{300}{\nano\gram\per\milli\litre}
\end{document}
You can use
\DeclareSIUnit{\microsecond}{\SIUnitSymbolMicro s} \si{\mebi\microsecond}
which allows you to type
In units of \si{\mebi\microsecond}.
to get
Best Answer
The issue has occurred as you've tried to use an option from a newer version of
siunitxthan you have installed. Always check the documentation for the version ofsiunitxyou have installed, easiest to do usingat the Command Prompt/Terminal.
(This is a general point: it's true of any package.)