LyX ⇒ Convert "Comment" into "Marginal Note"

[diegostex]

Hi, using LyX I'm trying to convert the "comments" into "marginal notes".

I tried several things but without luck.

The best shot was like this:

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\makeatletter
\@ifundefined{comment}{}{%
\renewenvironment{comment}[1]%
{\begingroup\marginpar{\bgroup#1\egroup}}%
{\endgroup}}
\makeatother

or like this:

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\@ifundefined{comment}{}{%
\renewenvironment{comment}%
{\marginpar{}%
{}}%

But what I get is only the first character of the text converted. Like in this image:



I searched a lot trying to find how to solve this but without luck. I found the explanation of what is happening here: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/late ... fonts.html

Unexpected Output
Only one character is in the new font
You thought you changed font over a selection of text, but only the first character has come out in the new font.
You have most probably used a command instead of a declaration. The command should take the text as its argument. If you don't group the text, only the first character will be passed as the argument.

What I don't know and wasn't able to find is how to group the text.

Hope someone could help me

Many thanks.

Best Regards,
Diego
(diegostex)

[diegostex]

Hi, if any one is interested in how to do it here is the answer:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2258 ... ginal-note

The user godbyk not only solved my problem but also gives a detailed explanation of whats going on and teach you a new trick (at least for me )

Many thanks,
Cheers