Package to indent and syntax highlight C++ code

Question

I am looking for a package to have an environment for C++ source code, with options for syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, proper multipage behavior, etc.

I read something about the listings package but I guess there is already a good solution to my problem.

Answer 1

listings is the de facto standard for source code inclusion. It supports highlighting and its multipage behaviour should be alright.

Another option is minted, it is a bit harder to use but more powerful. You do get dependent on external software though (Pygments), it's not as cross-platform as just using a package.

Why do you want automatic indentation? I assume you are inputting existing files, they already should have good indentation according to a standard. It is a lot harder to accomplish this in a package, you'd have to write a full-blown parser for your language of choice and support all different indentation schemes, maybe Pygments can help you there, but I have never heard of this behaviour in TeX before.