revbadge

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

Version: 1.0 Release Date: 10/07/2026

The revbadge package provides an elegant, column-safe framework designed specifically for tracking major revisions and minor modifications in academic manuscripts.

The package features a dual-component architecture: the revbadge block environment for handling long paragraphs, multi-line equations, lists, and sections; and the revbadgeinline macro for executing tight, mid-sentence word corrections without disrupting standard line spacing. Both components feature a dynamic colored badge mechanism that labels modifications on the fly.

To simplify linking text revisions directly back to a peer-review response matrix or letter, the package provides native, automated integration with hyperref and cleveref under a unified "highlight" reference counter. Additionally, revbadge comes pre-packaged with a vibrant, 24-theme color palette accessible via highly memorable 4-letter macro color identifiers (e.g., blue, gren, orng, purp, ylow, grey).

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. The Block Container (revbadge Environment)

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

Syntax Template:

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

1. Micro-Edit Snippets (\revbadgeinline Command)

Designed to highlight mid-paragraph text modifications, tiny vocabulary updates, or localized mathematical symbols without breaking text wrapping or introducing ugly vertical spacing gaps.

The first required argument acts as the label string inside a high-visibility, solid-colored tag badge.

Syntax Template:

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

1. Refer the highlight block label

using \cref{}

Syntax Template:

\cref{rev:baseline_clarity}