On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:06:15 -0700 (PDT)
Robert Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> 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}}
>
Thanks, but it seems that soul doesn't work with hebrew at all (it emits an
error about failing to reconstruct the 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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