Using Comment notes the right way

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 17/11/2023 à 08:00, Daniel a écrit :
>> 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.

Yes, but they are immensely useful. How do you do an exercise sheet in 
two versions, with or without answers, in MSWord? Or a Slide deck that 
can be turned into a properly typeset handout?

> 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.

It is a matter of history. Indeed, we could make yellow notes a built-in 
branch, and that would allow to print them on demand.

> 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.

A bug indeed.

JMarc