\newboolean{showcomments}

\setboolean{showcomments}{true}

\ifthenelse{\boolean{showcomments}}

  {\newcommand{\bnote}[2]{

	\fbox{\bfseries\sffamily\scriptsize#1}

    {\sf\small$\blacktriangleright$\textit{#2}$\blacktriangleleft$}

    % \marginpar{\fbox{\bfseries\sffamily#1}}

   }

   \newcommand{\cvsversion}{\emph{\scriptsize$-$Id: macros.tex,v 1.3 2013-09-06 00:41:45 vrany Exp $-$}}

  }

  {\newcommand{\bnote}[2]{}

   \newcommand{\cvsversion}{}

  } 

\definecolor{light-red}{rgb}{1, 0.2, 0.2}

\newcommand{\todo}[1]{{\colorbox{light-red}{TODO:}}\textbf{\textit{[{#1}]}}}

\newcommand{\here}{\bnote{***}{CONTINUE HERE}}

\newcommand{\nb}[1]{\bnote{NB}{#1}}

\newcommand{\fix}[1]{\bnote{FIX}{#1}}

%%%% add your own macros 

\newcommand{\ab}[1]{\bnote{Alex}{#1}}

\newcommand{\sd}[1]{\bnote{Stef}{#1}}

\newcommand{\jk}[1]{\bnote{JK}{#1}}

\newcommand{\jv}[1]{\bnote{JV}{#1}}

\graphicspath{{figures/}}

%%% 

\newcommand{\figref}[1]{Figure~\ref{fig:#1}}

\newcommand{\figlabel}[1]{\label{fig:#1}}

\newcommand{\tabref}[1]{Table~\ref{tab:#1}}

\newcommand{\layout}[1]{#1}

\newcommand{\commented}[1]{}

\newcommand{\secref}[1]{Section \ref{sec:#1}}

\newcommand{\seclabel}[1]{\label{sec:#1}}

%\newcommand{\ct}[1]{\textsf{#1}}

\newcommand{\stCode}[1]{\textsf{#1}}

\newcommand{\stMethod}[1]{\textsf{#1}}

\newcommand{\sep}{\texttt{>>}\xspace}

\newcommand{\stAssoc}{\texttt{->}\xspace}

\newcommand{\stBar}{$\mid$}

\newcommand{\stSelector}{$\gg$}

\newcommand{\ret}{\^{}}

\newcommand{\msup}{$>$}

%\newcommand{\ret}{$\uparrow$\xspace}

\newcommand{\myparagraph}[1]{\noindent\textbf{#1.}}

\newcommand{\eg}{\emph{e.g.,}\xspace}

\newcommand{\ie}{\emph{i.e.,}\xspace}

\newcommand{\ct}[1]{{\textsf{#1}}\xspace}

\newenvironment{code}

    {\begin{alltt}\sffamily}

    {\end{alltt}\normalsize}

\newcommand{\defaultScale}{0.55}

\newcommand{\pic}[3]{

   \begin{figure}[h]

   \begin{center}

   \includegraphics[scale=\defaultScale]{#1}

   \caption{#2}

   \label{#3}

   \end{center}

   \end{figure}

}

\newcommand{\twocolumnpic}[3]{

   \begin{figure*}[!ht]

   \begin{center}

   \includegraphics[scale=\defaultScale]{#1}

   \caption{#2}

   \label{#3}

   \end{center}

   \end{figure*}}

\newcommand{\infe}{$<$}

\newcommand{\supe}{$\rightarrow$\xspace}

\newcommand{\di}{$\gg$\xspace}

\newcommand{\adhoc}{\textit{ad-hoc}\xspace}

\usepackage{url}            

\makeatletter

\def\url@leostyle{%

  \@ifundefined{selectfont}{\def\UrlFont{\sf}}{\def\UrlFont{\small\sffamily}}}

\makeatother

% Now actually use the newly defined style.

\urlstyle{leo}