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[Jeroen Wouters <address@hidden>]

Hi all,

I use the following to add short comments:

<assign|comment|
  <macro|body|thecomment|
    <surround||<flag|comment|green>|
      <with|visited-color|<value|color>|locus-color|<value|color>|
        <mouse-over-balloon|
          <arg|body>|<arg|thecomment>|left|Bottom>>>>>

Mouse-over-balloon changes the color of the body text to indicate a
link, hence I'm resetting the visited-color to the default text color.
I'm also inserting a flag to show that there is a comment, otherwise
you only see it on mouse-over.

Best,
Jeroen



On Fri, 2020-12-04 at 09:10 +0000, Frank wrote:
> Hi max and all,
> 
> Joris answered my question before. This could be implemented by a
> macro like
> 
> (show-comment "body") = body
> (hide-comment "body") = empty
> 
> and use an if branch to detect whether the boolean variable draft-
> mode is true or not, and then return show-comment or hide-comment
> macro.
> 
> There is a disadvantage of this implement: when I set draft-mode to
> be false, there will be an extra empty line. I don't know how to
> suppress it.
> 
> Meanwhile, you can add comments to
> http://forum.texmacs.cn/t/tricks-for-drafts/199/4
> then somehow export it to wiki.
> 
> Best,
> Frank
> 
> 于 December 4, 2020 9:04:00 AM UTC, marc lalaude-labayle
> <address@hidden> 写到:
> > To be precise, since I just used it : what I use is called
> > "etiquette"
> > in
> > the french texmacs version ; these are obtained with Alt+! on my
> > ubuntu
> > machine.
> > 
> > Marc
> > 
> > Le ven. 4 déc. 2020 à 09:58, marc lalaude-labayle
> > <address@hidden>
> > a écrit :
> > 
> > > Hi.
> > > 
> > > I do need some of these features for my files. I use the label
> > > flags
> > and
> > > write what I need, which is barely longer than 10 words. I do
> > > like to
> > have
> > > the comments accessible within my file : these files are for my
> > teaching
> > > and I keep tracks of their origins.
> > > 
> > > I don't use the versioning markup, but the possibility to open a
> > small
> > > window with all the texmacs features by a simple click on a flag
> > > (for
> > > example) could be really helpful when I do share my files for
> > exercise or
> > > exams with my colleagues.
> > > 
> > > So I do really prefer your first proposal too.
> > > 
> > > Marc
> > > 
> > > Le ven. 4 déc. 2020 à 08:08, Massimiliano Gubinelli
> > <address@hidden>
> > > a écrit :
> > > 
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >  discussing with some friends I became aware of some advantage
> > > > of
> > > > unstructured editing for which we should provide some
> > > > alternative.
> > This is
> > > > the possibility (common in programming, but also in some
> > > > research
> > workflow)
> > > > to add comments on a document which will not appear in the
> > > > final
> > version
> > > > (i.e. in the PDF, on in the HTML or LaTeX export -- In some
> > > > sense,
> > the dual
> > > > of literate programming, maybe we can call it co-literate
> > > > editing
> > :)).
> > > > 
> > > > These comments can be parts of the document one do not want to
> > > > make
> > to
> > > > the final version, or just reminders to explore some
> > > > directions, or
> > parts
> > > > one has to cut because of editorial constraints or referees
> > comments, but
> > > > anyway one wants to keep in place and not just delete them
> > > > (because
> > maybe
> > > > the paper has a short and long versions). These comments can
> > > > also be
> > simply
> > > > discussion between various co-authors, so it would be nice if
> > > > they
> > carry
> > > > tags, like the name of the author. And then have a macro
> > > > facility to
> > view
> > > > only certain subclasses of comments and make them invisible
> > > > (i.e.
> > just
> > > > leave a flag or some other indicator which do not modify the
> > typesetting)
> > > > if the user wants. This should not be difficult to code, is
> > something
> > > > similar to the versioning markup we already have, but I think
> > > > it
> > would be a
> > > > useful addition to everyday workflows.
> > > > It could also be a way to edit the metadata in the document.
> > > > 
> > > > Of course one has (at least) two options to design such a
> > > > facility:
> > make
> > > > the additional content editable as part of the document (as in
> > > > the
> > proposal
> > > > above), or keep it in the document as always invisible and make
> > > > it
> > editable
> > > > only via some separate GUI element, i.e. a dialog with an
> > > > embedded
> > editor
> > > > (like we have now for search and replace, for example, or for
> > > > the
> > macro
> > > > editor). I think I would prefer the first approach, though.
> > > > 
> > > > Thoughts, ideas, comments, on such a facility?
> > > > 
> > > > Max
> > > > 
> > > > ps: on a similar direction a document can have a "draft" mode
> > > > where
> > > > markups like \todo or these comments are visible and a "final"
> > > > mode,
> > where
> > > > they are invisible.
> > > > 
> > > > 
>