softdev.sty

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% Software Development Team Macros
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\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\ProvidesPackage{softdev}[2013/09/16 Softdev Macros]

\ProcessOptions\relax

%% macros and includes for the comments. Set boolean to enable/disable
\RequirePackage{xcolor}
\RequirePackage{xstring}  % for IfSubr

% shown comment tags
\def\@SDShowCommentTags{default}
\def\SDShowCommentTags#1{\def\@SDShowCommentTags{#1}}

\newcommand\ifSDCommentTagEnabled[2]{\IfSubStr{,#2,}{,#1,}}

\newcommand\mynote[3][default]{%
  \textcolor{red}{%
    \ifSDCommentTagEnabled{#1}{\@SDShowCommentTags}{%
      \fbox{\bfseries\sffamily\scriptsize#2}%
      {\small$\blacktriangleright$\textsf{\emph{#3}}$\blacktriangleleft$}%
    }{}%
  }%
}

\newcommand\jake[2][default]{\mynote[#1]{Jake}{#2}}
\newcommand\laurie[2][default]{\mynote[#1]{Laurie}{#2}}
\newcommand\edd[2][default]{\mynote[#1]{Edd}{#2}}
%% end of comment macros