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Issue with soul and nested macros

I'm using package soul to highlight text, for example with \hl{some text}. It works nicely in general, but when the text contains other macros, soul simply skips it. For example: \usepackage{soul} ...
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Hyphenatable material enclosed in group braces

I have text that I need to repeat quite a few times: \newcommand{\repeatme}{text to repeat that is somewhat long and verbose} I'd like to underline this text and have it not cause hbox overflow ...
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Argument of \someCustomCommand has an extra } encountered when command is put in \ul. How to fix this? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Custom command inside soul package's \hl To make the document easier to understand (and easier to write), I have defined: \newcommand{\code}[1]{\texttt{#1}} I ...
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Using a \phantom{} in \ul from the soul package

In responding to how to typeset a Long underscore in LaTeX, I attempted to use a \phantom with \ul, but end up Argument of \makeph@nt has an extra }. So, what is the proper way to use a \phantom ...
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Error “Reconstruction failed” with soul package

I've got a problem with the soul package while adding a letter-spacing to a result of a command that is defined just like this: \newcommand{\myCommand}{some text} In the document I'd like to have ...
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Custom command inside soul package's \hl

I'm having trouble with the soul package and its \hl command. The soul package's manual says I should not nest soul commands, which I didn't. \textsc works inside \hl. However, the following throws an ...
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Changing fontsize within soul underline

This question is related to http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2218/how-to-create-a-newcommand-for-fontsize. I would like to change the fontsize within \ul of the soul package. For example: ...