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I could remove text decorations like highlighting or todos from the TOC but not from the header line. I did this without putting the plain text into the optional parameter of \chapter[]{} because pandoc is used to convert the text to latex and currently does not support optional parameters.

Here is a simple MWE:

\documentclass[oneside]{book}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{todonotes}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{ulem}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\nohl}[1]{#1}
\addtocontents{toc}{\begingroup%
  \protect\renewcommand{\protect\todo}[1]{}
  \let\hl\nohl
}
\AtEndDocument{%
  \addtocontents{toc}{\endgroup}
}

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

{\let\clearpage\relax \chapter{Header with \hl{highlights} and \sout{deletions}}}

\section[A second header with a note]{A second header with a note\todo{keep it}}

\lipsum[1-2]

\end{document}

header decorations

How can I remove the highlighting in the header line (default and with fancyhdr) without using the optional parameter of \chapter? Or is it even possible to remove any latex command/macro and just keeping the inner text?

BTW: the \DeclareRobustCommand and \let\hl\nohl is a workaround because \protect\renewcommand{\hl}[1]{#1} produces the error ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \reserved@a.

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  • i don't know whether \markright or \markboth are compatible with pandoc, but they ought to be worth investigating. Feb 14, 2018 at 15:58

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You can check whether the command is going into the table of contents or headers with \ifx\protect\@unexpandable@protect <code for moving text> \else <normal code> \fi.

Note that in order for this to work, it's important that the macro so defined not be protected / "robust".

Try this:

\documentclass[oneside]{book}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{todonotes}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{ulem}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\ifmoving{%
    \ifx\protect\@unexpandable@protect
        \expandafter\@firstoftwo
    \else
        \expandafter\@secondoftwo
    \fi
}

\let\oldhl\hl
% If you used \DeclareRobustCommand or \protected\def it would not work.
\renewcommand\hl{\ifmoving{}{\oldhl}}
\makeatother


\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

{\let\clearpage\relax \chapter{Header with \hl{highlights} and \sout{deletions}}}

\section[A second header with a note]{A second header with a note\todo{keep it}}

\lipsum[1-2]

\end{document}
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  • Does it also detect if it is inside a figure or table caption? Feb 15, 2018 at 15:23
  • No, if you can explain what you need I can presumably set you up though. Feb 15, 2018 at 17:03
  • I want to have todonotes as inlines, if they where in a float caption, otherwise in the margin (default). See tex.stackexchange.com/questions/246887 Feb 16, 2018 at 16:10
  • How to implement this for commands which should be removed completely (including its parameters) like \todo? I've tried \renewcommand{\todo}[1]{\ifmoving{}{\oldtodo{#1}}} but then strange side node remains and ! LaTeX Error: Float(s) lost. occurrs. Feb 22, 2018 at 14:11
  • @MathiasWalter That seems like the right thing to do to me. Have you tried \renewcommand\todo{\ifmoving{\@gobble}{\oldtodo}}? Feb 22, 2018 at 15:27

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