I don't remember where I got this but I'm sure it was
asked before and so you may find more details digging
in the archives.
I use this preamble.
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{soul}
\newcommand{\boxit}[1]
{\leavevmode\thinspace\hbox{\vrule\vtop{\vbox{\hrule\kern1pt
\hbox{\vphantom{\tt/}\thinspace{\tt#1}\thinspace}}
\kern1pt\hrule}\vrule}\thinspace}
Then, in the text, I put an ERT
\boxit{\hl{TEXT}}
If you don't need the box around it, then you can
leave out the newcommand definition for boxit and just
use the hl{TEXT}
--- "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Micha Feigin wrote:
> > I'm trying to set a colored background for some
> definitions in my document
> > (course notes and I want to get the effect of
> using a marker to highlight some
> > things).
> >
> > using the package xcolor and the
> \colorbox{gray!30}{text} inside the definition
> > mostly achieves the desired effect, although it
> fails if I have nested
> > environments
> >
> > definition: \colorbox{gray}{
> > blah balh
> > enumerate:
> > 1. text
> > 2. text
> > \end enumerate
> > }
> > \end definition
> >
> > throws errors (this is not the actual latex ...)
> it says, something wrong,
> > perhaps missing \item
>
> I think the problem is that a colorbox is the wrong
> kind of box (does
> not allow enumerations inside) (maybe).
> >
> > Is there a good way to achieve this?
>
> You can nest a minipage or parbox inside the
> colorbox, but unless you
> want the color to extend to the margin, you'll need
> to fiddle with the
> width of the minipage manually. I've attached a
> small example.
>
> There may be better ways to do this. (I'm no
> TeXpert.)
>
> /Paul
>
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