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by g0mug0mu
Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:38 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Square brackets for comments
Replies: 8
Views: 5413

Re: Square brackets for comments

Thanks thorsten, i have marked the topic as resolved, although i suppose the question was fairly open ended and I would still be happy to hear about what other conventions people are using as there may be other equally valid approaches.
by g0mug0mu
Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:48 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Square brackets for comments
Replies: 8
Views: 5413

Re: Square brackets for comments

meho_r, thanks for the great advice, esp. wrt margin marks and problems with the box, glad i don't have to find out through frustrated experience!
by g0mug0mu
Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:46 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Square brackets for comments
Replies: 8
Views: 5413

Re: Square brackets for comments

johnjamessmith0, you make a good point regarding not needing to perform the search in the output document. I particularly like the idea of putting a box around the text as this is far more obvious than a square bracket when reading over a hard copy of a draft. Custom syntax is also a good idea. I'm ...
by g0mug0mu
Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:05 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Square brackets for comments
Replies: 8
Views: 5413

Square brackets for comments

You make a good point regarding the formatting impact of the symbol frabjous. The rationale behind using a symbol (which is preferably unused throughout the rest of the document) is that it allows for an effective way to find and replace at a later date when checking through a lengthy document where ...
by g0mug0mu
Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:19 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: Square brackets for comments
Replies: 8
Views: 5413

Square brackets for comments

Hi,

I was hoping someone could give me some advice on what convention they use in latex to denote text which would require revision at some point in the future, or which generally should be double-checked before document completion. I am familiar with the convention of surrounding incomplete or ...