Email-style reply layout: Vertical line in left margin, except for reply environment
I have a long LaTeX document, with nested enumerations and sections. It is important that I keep the numbering, structures as they are, but I want to insert replies that are visually different from the original text. I also would like to achieve this without excessive fiddling in the original code, but instead simply introduce a new reply command or environment.
To be easily understood by people it would be great if the reply layout would imitate email reply layout, i.e., add a vertical line (or a ">") on the left margin to all original content, but keep it blank whenever the reply is used.
I was able to achieve the opposite with mdframed, but I cannot simply switch this around as this would break the orignal text's lists and sectioning.
documentclass{article}
newcommand{response}[1]{
begin{mdframed}[ linewidth=2pt,
topline=false,
rightline=false,
bottomline=false
,linecolor=black, innerleftmargin =0cm, leftmargin=-2pt, innerrightmargin=0cm]
mdseries
{#1}
end{mdframed}}
usepackage{mdframed}
begin{document}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
begin{enumerate}
item Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{answer1}
item Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{answer2}
end{enumerate}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{this is my answer}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
section{section}
subsection{subsection1}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
subsection{subsection2}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
subsection{subsection3}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{I also have an answer here}
end{document}
marginpar layout
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I have a long LaTeX document, with nested enumerations and sections. It is important that I keep the numbering, structures as they are, but I want to insert replies that are visually different from the original text. I also would like to achieve this without excessive fiddling in the original code, but instead simply introduce a new reply command or environment.
To be easily understood by people it would be great if the reply layout would imitate email reply layout, i.e., add a vertical line (or a ">") on the left margin to all original content, but keep it blank whenever the reply is used.
I was able to achieve the opposite with mdframed, but I cannot simply switch this around as this would break the orignal text's lists and sectioning.
documentclass{article}
newcommand{response}[1]{
begin{mdframed}[ linewidth=2pt,
topline=false,
rightline=false,
bottomline=false
,linecolor=black, innerleftmargin =0cm, leftmargin=-2pt, innerrightmargin=0cm]
mdseries
{#1}
end{mdframed}}
usepackage{mdframed}
begin{document}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
begin{enumerate}
item Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{answer1}
item Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{answer2}
end{enumerate}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{this is my answer}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
section{section}
subsection{subsection1}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
subsection{subsection2}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
subsection{subsection3}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{I also have an answer here}
end{document}
marginpar layout
asked yesterday
sheßsheß
2,21311435
1
Maybe related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/68251/…
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
2
Not a solution, but if you are looking into this I would try to usetcolorboxinstead ofmdframed.tcolorboxis actively maintained and has an awesome manual whilemdframeddevelopment seems to have stalled a while ago.
– moewe
yesterday
@Steven B. Segletes, Certainly related, but different, because it does not allow me to insert replies wherever I want. I can't writeembed{ text begin{enumerate} item item1 } response.
– sheß
yesterday
2
@sheß Could you clarify? One can indeed put enumerations inside theembed. So are you looking to suspend the embed to provide a response and then continue the enumeration where it left off?
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
1
What if you just draw a line on the left margin (using a suitably prepared background image perhaps), and use your definedresponseenvironment to draw a box with a white border on the left to cover up the pre-drawn line?
– Willie Wong
15 hours ago
|
show 3 more comments
I have a long LaTeX document, with nested enumerations and sections. It is important that I keep the numbering, structures as they are, but I want to insert replies that are visually different from the original text. I also would like to achieve this without excessive fiddling in the original code, but instead simply introduce a new reply command or environment.
To be easily understood by people it would be great if the reply layout would imitate email reply layout, i.e., add a vertical line (or a ">") on the left margin to all original content, but keep it blank whenever the reply is used.
I was able to achieve the opposite with mdframed, but I cannot simply switch this around as this would break the orignal text's lists and sectioning.
documentclass{article}
newcommand{response}[1]{
begin{mdframed}[ linewidth=2pt,
topline=false,
rightline=false,
bottomline=false
,linecolor=black, innerleftmargin =0cm, leftmargin=-2pt, innerrightmargin=0cm]
mdseries
{#1}
end{mdframed}}
usepackage{mdframed}
begin{document}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
begin{enumerate}
item Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{answer1}
item Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{answer2}
end{enumerate}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{this is my answer}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
section{section}
subsection{subsection1}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
subsection{subsection2}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
subsection{subsection3}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{I also have an answer here}
end{document}
marginpar layout
asked yesterday
sheßsheß
2,21311435
I have a long LaTeX document, with nested enumerations and sections. It is important that I keep the numbering, structures as they are, but I want to insert replies that are visually different from the original text. I also would like to achieve this without excessive fiddling in the original code, but instead simply introduce a new reply command or environment.
To be easily understood by people it would be great if the reply layout would imitate email reply layout, i.e., add a vertical line (or a ">") on the left margin to all original content, but keep it blank whenever the reply is used.
I was able to achieve the opposite with mdframed, but I cannot simply switch this around as this would break the orignal text's lists and sectioning.
documentclass{article}
newcommand{response}[1]{
begin{mdframed}[ linewidth=2pt,
topline=false,
rightline=false,
bottomline=false
,linecolor=black, innerleftmargin =0cm, leftmargin=-2pt, innerrightmargin=0cm]
mdseries
{#1}
end{mdframed}}
usepackage{mdframed}
begin{document}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
begin{enumerate}
item Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{answer1}
item Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{answer2}
end{enumerate}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{this is my answer}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
section{section}
subsection{subsection1}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
subsection{subsection2}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
subsection{subsection3}
Some text, with pictures, lists, sections
response{I also have an answer here}
end{document}
marginpar layout
marginpar layout
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asked yesterday
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Maybe related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/68251/…
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
2
Not a solution, but if you are looking into this I would try to usetcolorboxinstead ofmdframed.tcolorboxis actively maintained and has an awesome manual whilemdframeddevelopment seems to have stalled a while ago.
– moewe
yesterday
@Steven B. Segletes, Certainly related, but different, because it does not allow me to insert replies wherever I want. I can't writeembed{ text begin{enumerate} item item1 } response.
– sheß
yesterday
2
@sheß Could you clarify? One can indeed put enumerations inside theembed. So are you looking to suspend the embed to provide a response and then continue the enumeration where it left off?
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
1
What if you just draw a line on the left margin (using a suitably prepared background image perhaps), and use your definedresponseenvironment to draw a box with a white border on the left to cover up the pre-drawn line?
– Willie Wong
15 hours ago
|
show 3 more comments
1
Maybe related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/68251/…
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
2
Not a solution, but if you are looking into this I would try to usetcolorboxinstead ofmdframed.tcolorboxis actively maintained and has an awesome manual whilemdframeddevelopment seems to have stalled a while ago.
– moewe
yesterday
@Steven B. Segletes, Certainly related, but different, because it does not allow me to insert replies wherever I want. I can't writeembed{ text begin{enumerate} item item1 } response.
– sheß
yesterday
2
@sheß Could you clarify? One can indeed put enumerations inside theembed. So are you looking to suspend the embed to provide a response and then continue the enumeration where it left off?
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
1
What if you just draw a line on the left margin (using a suitably prepared background image perhaps), and use your definedresponseenvironment to draw a box with a white border on the left to cover up the pre-drawn line?
– Willie Wong
15 hours ago
1
1
Maybe related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/68251/…
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
Maybe related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/68251/…
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
2
2
Not a solution, but if you are looking into this I would try to use
tcolorbox instead of mdframed. tcolorbox is actively maintained and has an awesome manual while mdframed development seems to have stalled a while ago.– moewe
yesterday
Not a solution, but if you are looking into this I would try to use
tcolorbox instead of mdframed. tcolorbox is actively maintained and has an awesome manual while mdframed development seems to have stalled a while ago.– moewe
yesterday
@Steven B. Segletes, Certainly related, but different, because it does not allow me to insert replies wherever I want. I can't write
embed{ text begin{enumerate} item item1 } response.– sheß
yesterday
@Steven B. Segletes, Certainly related, but different, because it does not allow me to insert replies wherever I want. I can't write
embed{ text begin{enumerate} item item1 } response.– sheß
yesterday
2
2
@sheß Could you clarify? One can indeed put enumerations inside the
embed. So are you looking to suspend the embed to provide a response and then continue the enumeration where it left off?– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
@sheß Could you clarify? One can indeed put enumerations inside the
embed. So are you looking to suspend the embed to provide a response and then continue the enumeration where it left off?– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
1
1
What if you just draw a line on the left margin (using a suitably prepared background image perhaps), and use your defined
response environment to draw a box with a white border on the left to cover up the pre-drawn line?– Willie Wong
15 hours ago
What if you just draw a line on the left margin (using a suitably prepared background image perhaps), and use your defined
response environment to draw a box with a white border on the left to cover up the pre-drawn line?– Willie Wong
15 hours ago
|
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Maybe related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/68251/…
– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
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Not a solution, but if you are looking into this I would try to use
tcolorboxinstead ofmdframed.tcolorboxis actively maintained and has an awesome manual whilemdframeddevelopment seems to have stalled a while ago.– moewe
yesterday
@Steven B. Segletes, Certainly related, but different, because it does not allow me to insert replies wherever I want. I can't write
embed{ text begin{enumerate} item item1 } response.– sheß
yesterday
2
@sheß Could you clarify? One can indeed put enumerations inside the
embed. So are you looking to suspend the embed to provide a response and then continue the enumeration where it left off?– Steven B. Segletes
yesterday
1
What if you just draw a line on the left margin (using a suitably prepared background image perhaps), and use your defined
responseenvironment to draw a box with a white border on the left to cover up the pre-drawn line?– Willie Wong
15 hours ago