[PATCH] use yellow background for math comments

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 04:23:45PM GMT, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> I can't find the place where math comments appearance was discussed
> recently, so here is is.
> 
> This trivial patch uses a yellow (Note) background to mark comments. While
> the result is not the same as Notes (the output actually goes to LaTeX) it
> seems to me that this conveys the intent of the comment.
> 
> Another possibility would be to prepend a % on screen and maybe output with
> a different color (or a more explicit 'comment: ' label?).
> 
> What would you prefer? Comments are not understandable on screen right now.

I haven't tested, but my brain currently thinks "this is not going to
LaTeX output" when it sees yellow. If I understand what you are
suggesting, isn't the functionality more similar to
Insert > Note > Comment ? Is the issue that we can't make the math
comment look like Insert > Note > Comment for some reason?

Scott
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