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Apr
30
comment Covered Box Beamer Shadows
I'm running pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) on Ubuntu/Lucid with evince 2.30.3 and it looks fine to me, as Jubobs suggested maybe you're running an older version?
Apr
30
comment Turning working code into macro causes “Missing number, treated as zero — \let”
That works (but looks weird!) Is there a reason that endtwocol is a \def rather than a \newcommand ?
Feb
12
comment How to apply formatting (sans-serif, color etc.) to multiple paragraphs?
Thanks, this answers all the "how" questions. I still wonder why there's two versions of each command, I presume it's something to do with how LaTeX works internally?
Aug
1
comment Environment to underline/strikeout for comparing versions
Thanks for the help, everyone. I've decided to change to using \st directly rather than an environment, which is good enough for me.
Jul
30
comment Environment to underline/strikeout for comparing versions
Thanks for the update, Sveinung. It works for me too if you do it directly. Do you have any idea why I can't do \newsavebox{\abox} \newenvironment{old}{\begin{lrbox}{\abox}}{\end{lrbox}\st{\usebox{\abox}}} or \newenvironment{old}{\st\bgroup}{\egroup} - or is there another option to stick \st in an environment?
Jul
30
comment Environment to underline/strikeout for comparing versions
Ok, so first of all thanks for the references to diff etc. but that's not really what I'm looking for. I need a solution so I can propose a change (i.e. leave both the old and new versions in with suitable markup), compile the PDF and print out a copy for someone to read through "offline". So far, I've had no luck getting underline/strikethrough to work at the paragraph level, either with soul/ulem directly or with the changes package that builds on them. I'm starting to wonder if a paragraph-level underline command is even possible in TeX?
Jul
26
comment Environment to underline/strikeout for comparing versions
I'm currently experimenting with "changes", thanks for the reference. Unfortunately, while \deleted{text} works (strikethrough as expected), \newenvironment{old}{\deleted\bgroup}{\egroup} does not - changes text colour but doesn't strike it through.