Using Comment notes the right way

[Daniel]

On 2023-11-16 14:00, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 16/11/2023 à 10:58, Daniel a écrit :
>> But couldn't there be a case where you want some people to get the 
>> comments in LaTeX but not others? Why do I have to make a decision on 
>> this by choosing a particular note. Yes, I could put stuff into 
>> branches but it feels a bit like taking a sledgehammer to break a nut. 
>> I must confess that I have never really used branches. 
> 
> I do not have time for a detailed comment, but you should really take a 
> hard look at branches. They are an incredibly useful tool. Reinventing a 
> way to insert or not a given note in such or such case is futile IMO.
> 
> As it is, a yellow note is the “always inactive” branch. And it serves 
> this purpose pretty well. If you need a bubble-like tool (for revision, 
> for example), it has to be a new one.
> 
> Don't let the yellow fool you :)

I never felt the need for branches. Maybe because they are not common 
elsewhere and hence they are not part of my workflow.

Seeing the yellow note as an "always inactive" branch seems helpful. 
Though I cannot help but wonder why it is more helpful than a default 
branch that is deactivated by default and could in principle be activated.

One difference I noted is that branches have a strange indentation at 
the beginning. But I seem to remember that this is a bug rather than a 
feature.

Daniel