What is acmmm_rebuttal_template?

This repository is a LaTeX template for writing academic paper rebuttals when submitting to ACM conferences such as ACM Multimedia. When a paper is under review, the conference sends back comments from reviewers and gives authors a chance to respond before the final decision. This template provides a pre-built document structure for writing those responses. The template uses the standard two-column ACM layout that reviewers expect, with review line numbers preserved. Its main design choice is to move the paper title and submission ID into the page header rather than the main content area, freeing up more of the page for the actual response text. Each reviewer's comments get their own color-coded label so it is easy to see at a glance which reviewer a response is addressing. You can also replace the default anonymous reviewer codes with the actual IDs from the conference review system if those are provided. The file structure separates the main configuration file from individual response files, one per reviewer. You fill in the paper title and submission ID in a few command definitions at the top, then write each reviewer response in its own file under a reviewers folder. The template includes helper commands for marking unfinished sections with a TODO label and for temporary placeholder text, both of which are meant to be removed before the final submission. Compilation uses standard LaTeX tools: either pdflatex and bibtex run in sequence, or the latexmk utility which handles the sequencing automatically. The README includes a submission checklist covering things to verify before sending the rebuttal, such as removing all TODO markers and confirming the two-column layout is intact. The template is not an official ACM document. It is a community-made starting point for rebuttal formatting.