Revisions & highlighting

Sensei

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Sep 6, 2010, 8:32:14 AM9/6/10

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Hi! I am using a (maybe not so) clever command to "highlight" revised
parts in my manuscripts, using colors and defining my commands:

\usepackage{xspace}
\newcommand{\rsrev}{\begin{color}{red}[}
\newcommand{\rerev}{]\end{color}\xspace}
\newcommand{\gsrev}{\begin{color}{green}[}
\newcommand{\gerev}{]\end{color}\xspace}
\newcommand{\bsrev}{\begin{color}{blue}}
\newcommand{\berev}{]\end{color}\xspace}

I'd like now to change the background of the revised parts, and I've
found the "soul" packages with the \hl command.

Since I am not so a TeX/LaTeX guru, I couldn't figure how to use the
\hl command with my new commands above. As a fact, \hl seems to be
different from \color: it doesn't fit in an environment.

Can anyone help me, or suggest another way of highlighting?

Thanks & Cheers!

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Turgut Durduran

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Sep 6, 2010, 4:38:22 PM9/6/10

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On 2010-09-06, Sensei <sens...@apple.me.com> wrote:
> Can anyone help me, or suggest another way of highlighting?
>

I use latexdiff ( http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexdiff/ ) to
highlight changes between documents.

Joris

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Sep 6, 2010, 5:20:54 PM9/6/10

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On Sep 6, 4:38 pm, Turgut Durduran <u...@ugdc.org> wrote:

> On 2010-09-06, Sensei <sensei...@apple.me.com> wrote:
>
> > Can anyone help me, or suggest another way of highlighting?
>

> I use latexdiff (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexdiff/) to
> highlight changes between documents.

unfortunately, it chokes on the typical document I feed it..... (in
the sense that the resulting latex file does not compile)

Turgut Durduran

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Sep 7, 2010, 4:27:12 AM9/7/10

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Sometimes it gives errors to me too but I just keep progressing and I end
up with a fairly usable pdf file.

It is not exactly what you were looking for but I also use:
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ednotes/

Turgut

Turgut Durduran

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Sep 7, 2010, 4:28:51 AM9/7/10

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oops. I meant "ed" not "ednotes"
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ed/

Keks Dose

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Sep 7, 2010, 7:04:22 AM9/7/10

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On 6 Sep., 14:32, Sensei <sensei...@apple.me.com> wrote:
> Can anyone help me, or suggest another way of highlighting?
>
> Thanks & Cheers!
>
> --
>
> Sensei <Sensei's e-mail is at Me-dot-com>
>
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Hi,

what about the package "changes", made for your purpose?!

HTH
Alexander

Sensei

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Sep 7, 2010, 8:37:35 AM9/7/10

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On 2010-09-07 13:04:22 +0200, Keks Dose <cook...@web.de> said:

> Hi,
>
> what about the package "changes", made for your purpose?!

That's exactly what I was looking for, with a background color.

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Sensei

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Sep 7, 2010, 10:05:09 AM9/7/10

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So, I have no room for getting \hl work with my macros? I'd really like
highlighting in my tex outputs!

Thanks!

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Research (n.): a discovery already published by a chinese guy one month
before you, copying a russian who did it in the 60s.