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I want to put some symbols in green color with lstdefinelanguage in latex, but it seems that symbols are not recognized.

The symbols I need to be colored are =, > and <. Is it possible? How can I do this?

The main file:

\documentclass{article}


\usepackage{graphicx,color}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{listings}


\lstdefinelanguage{NeoIDL}{
  sensitive = true,
  keywords = [1]{module, resource, enum, annotation, for, import, entity, path,
  @get, @post, @put, @delete, require, ensure, otherwise, call},
  %ndkeywords={int, \char{}  },
  %ndkeywordstyle=\color{blue}\bfseries,
  morekeywords=[2]{>, <, ==},
  keywordstyle=[2]\color{green},
  numbers=left,
  numberstyle=\scriptsize,
  stepnumber=1,
  numbersep=8pt,
  showstringspaces=false,
  breaklines=true,
  frame=top,
  comment=[l]{//},
  morecomment=[s]{/*}{*/},
  commentstyle=\color{purple}\ttfamily,
  stringstyle=\color{red}\ttfamily,
  morestring=[b]',
  morestring=[b]"
  }

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[htb]
\begin{small}
\lstinputlisting[language=NeoIDL,firstnumber=1]{store_pos_servico.neo}
\end{small}
\caption{Service 1}
\end{figure} 

\end{document}

The file to be formatted:

module store {
   (...)

   resource order  {
     path = "/order/{id}";

     @post   int postOrder (Order order)
    require (call store.getOrder(id) == "NotFound"),
    otherwise "InvalidPrecondition"
   };
}
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  • (1) welcome, (2) please provide a full minimal example, such tjøhat we can test your code without having to add anything. That makes it a lot easier to provide advice – daleif Jun 9 '16 at 21:56
  • I did it now, @daleif ! – Lucas Lima Jun 9 '16 at 22:09
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I have found myself in a similar situation, previously, and I was able to solve the problem in this way:

\documentclass{article}


\usepackage{graphicx,color}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{listings}


\lstdefinelanguage{NeoIDL}{
  sensitive = true,
  keywords={},
  otherkeywords={% Operators
    >, <, ==
  },
  keywords = [2]{module, resource, enum, annotation, for, import, entity, path,
  @get, @post, @put, @delete, require, ensure, otherwise, call},
  keywordstyle=\color{green},
  keywordstyle=[2]\color{blue},% for example
  numbers=left,
  numberstyle=\scriptsize,
  stepnumber=1,
  numbersep=8pt,
  showstringspaces=false,
  breaklines=true,
  frame=top,
  comment=[l]{//},
  morecomment=[s]{/*}{*/},
  commentstyle=\color{purple}\ttfamily,
  stringstyle=\color{red}\ttfamily,
  morestring=[b]',
  morestring=[b]"
  }

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[htb]
\begin{small}
\lstinputlisting[language=NeoIDL,firstnumber=1]{store_pos_servico.neo}
\end{small}
\caption{Service 1}
\end{figure} 

\end{document}

That is, define an empty set of class-1 keywords, add the symbols as “other keywords” belonging to this class, and shift all other types of keywords to higher order classes. But don’t ask why this works, because I don’t know either!

Here is the output I get:

Output of the code

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  • Excellent, @Gustavo Mezzeti! I don't need to know how it works, too :). Only one more question: Is it possible to colorize the symbols of left and right parenthes '(' ')'? – Lucas Lima Jun 9 '16 at 23:37
  • @LucasLima: I’m sorry, the other times simply adding , (, ) to the otherkeywords list worked like a charm, but it seems that, in your example, the closing parenthesis is not recognized. Since, as I said, I cannot explain why the trick works when it works, I cannot explain why it doesn’t when it doesn’t either. (:-) – GuM Jun 10 '16 at 0:23

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