todo-package.md

How to mark TODOs

Context and Problem Statement

When creating a document, TODOs have to be marked. How to mark TODO in LaTeX documents?

Considered Options

• pdfcomment
• pdfmarginpar

Pros and Cons of the Option

pdfcomment

Needs some configuration:

\newcommand{\commentontext}[2]{\colorbox{yellow!60}{#1}\pdfcomment[color={0.234 0.867 0.211},hoffset=-6pt,voffset=10pt,opacity=0.5]{#2}}
\newcommand{\commentatside}[1]{\pdfcomment[color={0.045 0.278 0.643},icon=Note]{#1}}

• Good, because uses PDF features
• Good, because highliting of words is not supported

pdfmarginpar

• Good, because uses PDF features
• Bad, because development stopped. Reasons were: a) acrobat reader does not allow editing comments made by pdfcomment b) ideas were incorporated at pdfcomment
• Bad, because highliting of words is not supported
• Bad, because uses GPL as license