[Tex/LaTex] Control ulines for cloze text

ulem

@Martin Scharrer suggested me the following amazing solution to make cloze texts: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/16004/4011

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}

\makeatletter
\def\UL@putbox{\ifx\UL@start\@empty \else % not inner
  \vrule\@width\z@ \LA@penalty\@M
  {\UL@skip\wd\UL@box \UL@leaders \kern-\UL@skip}%
    \phantom{\box\UL@box}%
  \fi}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

Some text \uline{some text to complete some  text to complete
some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some    text
to complete some  text to complete} some more text.

\end{document}

Now I have some follow up questions about this approach:

How can I adjust this such that I can choose all the "underline styles" offered by the ulem package \dotuline, \dashuline, \uwave and\uuline?
How can I adjust the vertical space between the phantom text and the underline?
Is it possible to get a normal working version of \uline at the same time? (Call it for example \Uline, \Uuline etc.).

Best Answer

Just use them.
\setlength{\ULdepth}{...}
The following example adds the switch \ifulphantom that can be set to enable or disable the phantom version for the macros of package ulem.

Full example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}

\makeatletter
\@ifdefinable\UL@putbox@original{%
  \let\UL@putbox@original\UL@putbox
  \def\UL@putbox@phantom{%
    \ifx\UL@start\@empty
    \else % not inner
      \vrule\@width\z@
      \LA@penalty\@M
      {\UL@skip\wd\UL@box \UL@leaders \kern-\UL@skip}%
      \phantom{\box\UL@box}%
    \fi
  }%
  \newif\ifulphantom
  \renewcommand*{\UL@putbox}{%
    \ifulphantom
      \expandafter\UL@putbox@phantom
    \else
      \expandafter\UL@putbox@original
    \fi
  }%
}
\makeatother

\usepackage{parskip}

\begin{document}

\ulphantomtrue

\begingroup
  \setlength{\ULdepth}{0pt}

  Some text \uline{some text to complete some  text to complete
  some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some
  text to complete some  text to complete} some more text.

  \setlength{\ULdepth}{1ex}

  Some text \uline{some text to complete some  text to complete
  some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some
  text to complete some  text to complete} some more text.
\endgroup

Some text \uuline{some text to complete some  text to complete
some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some
text to complete some  text to complete} some more text.

Some text \uwave{some text to complete some  text to complete
some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some
text to complete some  text to complete} some more text.

\ulphantomfalse

\begingroup
  \setlength{\ULdepth}{0pt}

  Some text \uline{some text to complete some  text to complete
  some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some
  text to complete some  text to complete} some more text.

  \setlength{\ULdepth}{1ex}

  Some text \uline{some text to complete some  text to complete
  some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some
  text to complete some  text to complete} some more text.
\endgroup

Some text \uuline{some text to complete some  text to complete
some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some
text to complete some  text to complete} some more text.

Some text \uwave{some text to complete some  text to complete
some  text to complete some  text to complete some  text to complete some
text to complete some  text to complete} some more text.

\end{document}

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Do you mean something like this?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\newcommand{\removelinebreaks}[1]{%
      \def\\{\relax}#1}
\newcommand{\Title}[1]{\gdef\OrigTitle{#1}}
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\makeatletter
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  \def\\{\relax}%
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One possible solution is to use a \rule with smaller width; for instance

\newcommand\hl{\bgroup\markoverwith
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However there are still colors covering the letter f.

Following EDIT by Steven Segletes:

Since the answerer has not logged in for a while, I will edit the answer further. The answer is on the right track, but must be reduced even further in width, to let's say 0.1pt. Here is the result, which overcomes the problem letters:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{ulem}
\newcommand\hl{\bgroup\markoverwith
  {\textcolor{yellow}{\rule[-.5ex]{.1pt}{2.5ex}}}\ULon}
\begin{document}
This is a test \hl{Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.} text.
\end{document}

However, there still may remain a slight problem with the f, which sticks out to the right of its bounding box:

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