[Tex/LaTex] Multiline comment

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In tex there is a way to do a comment multiline like in C, C++ /* comment */ or in HTML ? I'm currently using \ifx

\ifx true false
My multiline comment
that will not be in the
output pdf
\fi

but this may create a problem if I put inside the comment something like \someundefcommand.
I wish something like the standard % comment so I can put inside the comment I want.

Best Answer

Use the verbatim package.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\begin{document}
\begin{comment}
some comment
\someundefinedcommand
\end{comment}
a
\end{document}

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The memoir class has a facility just for that:

\newcomment{marked}
\commentson{marked}
%\commentsoff{marked}

It's sufficient to uncomment the third line to exclude the contents of all marked environments. Look at page 284 of memoir's documentation.

For the environment form of a colored background box:

\newsavebox{\coloredbgbox}
\newenvironment{yellowbox}
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With this definition, you can write

\begin{yellowbox}
Text to be produced on a yellow background as wide as 80\%
of the normal line width.
\end{yellowbox}

However, it's better to split different topics into different questions.

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If your input files all have the same form, that is some lines starting with \\ and an empty line after them, you can do by temporarily redefining \\ and changing the command for inputting the exercises:

\newcommand{\exeinput}[1]{%
  \let\latexdoublebackslash\\
  \ifprolog\let\\\showprolog\else\let\\\hideprolog\fi
  \input{#1}}

\def\showprolog#1\par{%
  \def\\{\par\noindent}% redefine `\\` to end lines
  \par\noindent
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  \par % end the last line
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\def\hideprolog#1\par{\let\\\latexdoublebackslash} % throw away the prolog lines

\newif\ifprolog

So you can say

\exeinput{exercise.435.tex}

and if you set \prologtrue also the prolog lines will be printed.

However this would spectacularly fail if there's not an empty line between the prolog and the main contents, so a special markup is probably the best strategy. For instance, if your exercise files have the form

\startprolog
\\ is the  exercise.435.tex % is the name of the file
\\ 1.84 ex. 127 page notes  % is the source of exercise etc
\stopprolog

\begin{exercise}    
. . . 
\end{exercise}

you can say

\newif\ifprolog
\long\def\startprolog#1\stopprolog{%
  \ifprolog
    \par
    \begingroup
    \let\\\par
    \color{red}\small #1
    \par\medskip
    \endgroup
  \fi}

and so

\input{exercise.435.tex}

will print the exercise without the prolog unless you set \prologtrue. The advantages are that you risk nothing if the prolog is not separated from the contents and that it's possible to reformat freely the prolog when you want to print it (maybe as a marginal note, for instance).

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