Package: texlive-plain-generic
Version: 2022.20230122-4
Severity: wishlist
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\selectcolormodel{rgb}
\usepackage{soul}
\begin{document}
Please, highlight \hl{this small text}.
\end{document}
Output attached: mwe_48501.png.
The following input doesn't run though pdflatex (a cleaned-up version of the example from http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/160220):
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{color}
\definecolor{y}{RGB}{245, 255, 189}
\sethlcolor{y}
\begin{document}
\hl{é}
\end{document}
The following error is printed:
! Argument of \UTFviii@two@octets@combine has an extra }.
<inserted text>
\par
l.10 \hl{é}
?
Both issues have been solved upstream; I've just tested soul 2023-06-14 v3.1. According to my old log files, even soul v3.0 might work. We kindly ask for an upgrade of the soul package, preferrably into Debian 12.2. Though this is not urgent, I'd personally welcome an upgrade very much (because these issues prevent recompilation of my old sources with TeX Live from Debian stable, and recompiling my old sources with the current upstream TeXLive 2023 doesn't work properly for different reasons (NewTX is partially broken; cf. https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/693396)).
Gratefully,
AlMa
