revbadge

Multi-color highlight builder featuring block, inline, and word-level revision badges.

Version: 1.2 Release Date: 19/08/2026

The revbadge package provides an elegant, column-safe framework designed specifically for tracking major revisions and minor modifications in academic manuscripts. This package can also be used as a versatile document highlighting tool.

Key Features

• revbadge block environment: Designed for long paragraphs, multi-line equations, lists, and rewritten sections.
• revbadgemultiline block environment: Shares the block feature set while permitting multi-line text inside the badge label itself.
• \wordbadge macro: A compact, self-contained on-line badge for quick metrics, tags, or word-level annotations without extended background track highlighting.
• \revbadgeinline macro: Executes tight, mid-sentence text corrections with soft-wrapping background highlight tracks without disrupting standard line spacing.

All components feature native, automated integration with hyperref and cleveref under a unified "highlight" reference counter, alongside a vibrant 24-theme color palette.

Color Scheme Palette (24 Themes)

Each color uses a 4-letter identifier for the frame boundary/badge (XXXX) and appends a b for its matching light container background (XXXXb).

🛠️ Usage

1. Block Containers (revbadge and revbadgemultiline)

Designed for multi-line edits, math, figures, lists, or large rewritten paragraphs.

Standard Block (revbadge)

\begin{revbadge}[colframe=FRAME_COLOR, colback=BACKGROUND_COLOR]{Badge Title}{label:unique_key}
    Content space...
\end{revbadge}

Multi-line Label Block (revbadgemultiline)

Use this when you need to write longer reviewer feedback or comments directly in the badge label:

\begin{revbadgemultiline}[colframe=FRAME_COLOR, colback=BACKGROUND_COLOR]{Detailed reviewer query text...}{label:unique_key}
    Content space...
\end{revbadgemultiline}

1. Compact Word Badges (\wordbadge)

Designed for tagging individual words, parameter updates, or standalone labels directly on the text line without extra background track highlighting.

\wordbadge[colframe=FRAME_COLOR, colback=BACKGROUND_COLOR]{Badge Tag}{label:unique_key}{Word or Phrase}

3.Micro-Edit Snippets (\revbadgeinline)

Designed to highlight mid-paragraph text modifications, vocabulary updates, or localized mathematical symbols with a continuous background highlight track while preserving paragraph wrapping.

\revbadgeinline[colframe=FRAME_COLOR, colback=BACKGROUND_COLOR]{Badge Tag}{label:unique_key}{Modified Inline Text}

4.Cross-Referencing Highlights (cref) (\revbadgeinline)