Date:         Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:23:56 +0200
Reply-To:     Dekel Tsur <[log in to unmask]>
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From:         Dekel Tsur <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: Tel Aviv University
Subject:      Re: problem with eLaTeX + colors
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 11:29:53PM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> I have tried adding the following code:
>
> \AtBeginDocument{%
>   \@ifpackageloaded{color}{%
>     % Do nothing unless the style 'color' is used before the beginning
>     % of the document.
>     \def\@textcolor#1#2#3{% redifine the macro with bidi support
>       \if@rl%
>         \beginL\protect\leavevmode{\color#1{#2}\beginR#3\endR}\endL%
>       \else%
>         \protect\leavevmode{\color#1{#2}#3}%
>       \fi%
>     }%
>   }%
> }
>
> Generally works, but somehow I get "hebrewhebrew" (in Hebrew 7-bit
> letters) before the word "algorithm".

Perhaps the problem is that \@ifpackageloaded works only before
\begin{document}.
Try using
  \ifx\@textcolor\undefined\else%
    \def\@[log in to unmask]
  \fi

> Another problem: Whenever the coloring is over 1 line, it seems to color
> complete lines.

There is no simple solution for this problem.
Anyway, having a solution that works for some cases is better than the
current situation.