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[Manuel Maarek <address@hidden>]

Manuel Maarek wrote:
> 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
Oops, I attached the wrong files.
Here are the updated ones.

Manuel
<TeXmacs|1.0.6>

<style|<tuple|generic|coloredParagraphBackground>>

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

  \;

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

  \;

  <colored|green|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|1.0.6>

<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|color|content|<quasiquote|<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|<unquote|<arg|color>>>|<table|<row|<cell|<resize|<arg|x>||b-0.15em||t+0.15em|>>>>>>||b+0.15em||t-0.15em|>>>|<arg|content>>>>>>

  <drd-props|colored|arity|2|accessible|all>

  <colored|blue|Hello>

  \;
</body>

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