General ⇒ changes, memoir | Errors about already defined Commands

[thedoctor818]

Good Morning all.

What brings me back here this morning is that I am working on a publication (an Orthodox Prayer Book) and am currently using the memoir class. I really want to be able to keep that document class; however, I prefer the changes package for my editing rather than what the memoir class provides.

When I try to run both memoir and changes, I get the error message:

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command \added already defined changes.sty

Presumably I will get more errors of the same form such as:

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\replaced already defined

I am thinking that there should be a way for me to use only the \added, \deleted, and \changed commands from within the changes package and somehow ignore or rewrite those commands that have the same name in the memoir class.

Or perhaps, there is a way to expand upon the memoir class \added, \deleted, etc.

Here is my MWE:

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside]{memoir}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{titlesec}  %needs recent version of »titlesec«
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{prayerbook}

\definechangeauthor[name={Michael Dykes},color=blue]{MD}

\title{AN ORTHODOX RULE OF PRAYER}
\author{Father Thomas Moore, Michael Dykes}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Saturday Evening Prayers}
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life.\replaced[id=MD,remark=foo]{change the translation here}

\end{document}

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[localghost]

You can "un-define" the critical commands. A short example of how to achieve this is shown below.

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\documentclass[11pt,article]{memoir}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\let\added\undefined      % neutralize \added command
\let\deleted\undefined    % neutralize \deleted command
\usepackage{changes}

\title{Making the \texttt{changes} Package work with the \texttt{memoir} Class}
\author{thedoctor818}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle
\end{document}

The two lines to neutralize the commands in question have to be inserted before the changes packages. Finally have a look at Section 18.2 of the memoir user guide.


Thorsten

[Joey1978]

Did you ever make that prayer book? I would love a copy. (9 years later )