Suggestion for Enhancing the Comment Categorization in Your Template

[mnrzrad]

Thank you so much for providing this excellent template. I was truly impressed when I first saw it. I’ve started using it, and while working with it, I noticed that the comments could be categorized into major and minor comments.

I’ve made some changes for my personal use, but I thought this idea might also be valuable for you. If you're interested, it could be a great addition to further enhance this already wonderful template.

Thank you for your great work!

I am using the following code for myself:

% Major Comment (Light Red Tones)  
\definecolor{colormajorfg}{RGB}{255,255,255}    % Dark red for highly readable title text  
\definecolor{colormajorbg}{HTML}{fdeae9}    % Light red background (soft and readable)  
\definecolor{colormajorframe}{RGB}{180,40,40} % Medium red frame (clear distinction)  

% Minor Comment (Light Green Tones)  
\definecolor{colorminorfg}{RGB}{255,255,255}    % Dark green for highly readable title text  
\definecolor{colorminorbg}{HTML}{e9f7ea}    % Very light green background (soft and subtle)  
\definecolor{colorminorframe}{RGB}{40,120,40} % Vibrant green frame (clear distinction)  


% Major Comment Environment (Light Red Tones)  
\newenvironment{majorcomment}[1][]{\refstepcounter{revcomment}  
	\begin{tcolorbox}[adjusted title={Major Comment \arabic{revcomment}},   
		fonttitle={\bfseries},   
		colback={colormajorbg},   
		colframe={colormajorframe},   
		coltitle={colormajorfg},   
		#1]  
	}{\end{tcolorbox}}  

% Minor Comment Environment (Light Green Tones)  
\newenvironment{minorcomment}[1][]{\refstepcounter{revcomment}  
	\begin{tcolorbox}[adjusted title={Minor Comment \arabic{revcomment}},   
		fonttitle={\bfseries},   
		colback={colorminorbg},   
		colframe={colorminorframe},   
		coltitle={colorminorfg},   
		#1]  
	}{\end{tcolorbox}}  

[klb2]

Hi,

Thank you very much for the suggestion. Personally, I do not use a distinction between major and minor comments, but I can see how this could be useful desirable for some.

I will think about the best way of adding something like this to the template.
It would probably easiest to add a new majorcomment environment and keep the existing comment environment for minor comments. People who do not use this distinction would not notice a difference but we would still have a second comment environment with different colors. (Some people might want to use them in a different meaning than major/minor)

[mnrzrad]

Hello How are you? I created for myself. If you want, I can share with you and then you can improve it. I am not as expert as you are. Kind regards, Mina *Mina Norouzirad,* *Ph.D. * Orcid ID. *0000-0003-0311-6888*

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On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM Karl-Ludwig Besser ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, Thank you very much for the suggestion. Personally, I do not use a distinction between major and minor comments, but I can see how this could be useful desirable for some. I will think about the best way of adding something like this to the template. It would probably easiest to add a new majorcomment environment and keep the existing comment environment for minor comments. People who do not use this distinction would not notice a difference but we would still have a second comment environment with different colors. (Some people might want to use them in a different meaning than major/minor) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AUS67BUFXIV4QXQ7AXGJKWL2JUXMHAVCNFSM6AAAAABUXSBZTSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTCNZXGQYTANY> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** .com>

[mnrzrad]

Hello How are you? I created for myself. If you want, I can share with you and then you can improve it. I am not as expert as you are. Kind regards, Mina *Mina Norouzirad,* *Ph.D. * Orcid ID. *0000-0003-0311-6888*

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On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM Karl-Ludwig Besser ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, Thank you very much for the suggestion. Personally, I do not use a distinction between major and minor comments, but I can see how this could be useful desirable for some. I will think about the best way of adding something like this to the template. It would probably easiest to add a new majorcomment environment and keep the existing comment environment for minor comments. People who do not use this distinction would not notice a difference but we would still have a second comment environment with different colors. (Some people might want to use them in a different meaning than major/minor) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AUS67BUFXIV4QXQ7AXGJKWL2JUXMHAVCNFSM6AAAAABUXSBZTSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTCNZXGQYTANY> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** .com>

[klb2]

Hi again,

I am sorry for the late response. Thanks again for suggesting this new feature for having multiple categories of comments (e.g., major/minor).
Unfortunately, I believe that this is not of general interest for most users of the template, and I will therefore not add it to the template itself.
However, as you have shown, it is still possible to define such new environments yourself. So if you or anybody else needs this in their particular document, they can simply use your code to define new comment-environments according to their needs.