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When I type the following line in Vim:

\hrule height .1mm

Why do I get the following error in the Vim Location List:

foo.tex|258 error| Whitespace before punctation mark in " ."

NOTE: It actually says punctation for some reason, and not punctuation

Martin Schröder
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    As an emacs user I'm inclined to give any number of flippant answers, but, while you wait for a real answer, why not use 0.1mm..? (If you aren't already.) – jon Mar 13 '14 at 03:59
  • @jon Worked like a charm. I thought i had to put curly brackets somewhere. – puk Mar 13 '14 at 04:01
  • Without knowing something about your vim configuration it is difficult to say. I assume you are using a plugin of some sort to handle .tex files but there are several possibilities plus your own customisation. Certainly I can copy and past that line into a .tex document using vim without error. – cfr Mar 13 '14 at 04:11
  • @cfr I see. I thought this was one of those add a comment at end of line issues which is inherent to the tex compiler problems – puk Mar 13 '14 at 04:16
  • Sorry? I have no idea what you are talking about. But likely somebody else will. – cfr Mar 13 '14 at 04:20
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    This is very similar in nature to What does 'missing \@ before…' error mean in vim? You probably have a plug-in installed that checks for this kind of thing (like lacheck), and mistakenly interpreted the .1mm as being a sentence-ending period that was preceded by a space. – Werner Mar 13 '14 at 04:35
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    Does \hrule height 0.1mm help? – Heiko Oberdiek Mar 18 '14 at 13:39

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