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[Manuel Maarek <address@hidden>]

Henri Lesourd wrote:
> Manuel Maarek wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to know if it is possible to change the background colour
> > of a piece of text. The simplest way I know of uses tables or blocks.
> > This works fine to colour an entire paragraph but not to only colour one
> > sentence in a paragraph. In 2004 on this mailing list, Henri mentioned
> > an hypothetic way to do so, would it be possible to implement it?
> >
> > Henri Lesourd wrote:
> >
> > > There should be an option to change the background color of a part
> > > of the text ; unfortunately, the following markup :
> > > [[
> > >    <with|bg-color|green|Hello2 !>
> > > ]]
> > >
> > > appears to be not working (since this one :
> > > [[
> > >    <with|color|green|Hello1 !>
> > > ]]
> > >
> > > works very well).
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Best regards
> > Manuel
> No, we found a better way when we met with Manuel
> last year. Please have a look at the files in the
> attachment of this email for a working example.
>
> Any comments, criticisms, wishes, etc. welcomed.
>
>
> Best, Henri

Thanks a lot Henri. I updated your file so that 'colored' takes a colour
as argument.

Manuel

<TeXmacs|1.0.5>

<style|<tuple|generic|coloredParagraphBackground>>

<\body>
  <inactive|>

  <\colored>
    Heldslk jdlskjdskj skjdls jjdjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjj
    jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
    jjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjj jjjj jjjjjjjjjjjj jjj jjjjjjjjj
    jjjjjjjjjjjjj djjjjjjjjjjjjjjj\ 

    jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjlo
  </colored>

  <\colored>
    Heldslkjdlskjdskj

    skjdlsjjdjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

    djjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjlo
  </colored>

  \;

  \ \ \ \ \ \ \ <colored|abxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx \ xxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx \ xxxxxxxx
  \ \ xxxxxxx \ xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxcde>

  \ 
</body>

<\initial>
  <\collection>
    <associate|page-type|letter>
    <associate|preamble|false>
  </collection>
</initial>
<TeXmacs|1.0.5>

<style|<tuple|source|std>>

<\body>
  <active*|<\src-title>
    <src-package|henri|1.0>

    <\src-purpose>
      Background colors in paragraphs
    </src-purpose>

    <src-copyright|1998--2004|Joris van der Hoeven>

    <\src-license>
      This <TeXmacs> style package falls under the <hlink|GNU general public
      license|$TEXMACS_PATH/LICENSE> and comes WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY
      WHATSOEVER. If you do not have a copy of the license, then write to the
      Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
      02111-1307, USA.
    </src-license>
  </src-title>>

  
<assign|colored|<macro|x|<style-with|src-compact|none|<datoms|<macro|x|<style-with|src-compact|none|<resize|<tabular|<tformat|<cwith|1|1|1|1|cell-lsep|0cm>|<cwith|1|1|1|1|cell-rsep|0cm>|<cwith|1|1|1|1|cell-background|green>|<table|<row|<cell|<resize|<arg|x>||b-0.15em||t+0.15em|>>>>>>||b+0.15em||t-0.15em|>>>|<arg|x>>>>>

  <drd-props|colored|arity|1|accessible|all>

  <colored|Hello>

  \;
</body>

<\initial>
  <\collection>
    <associate|preamble|true>
  </collection>
</initial>