Questions tagged [syntax-highlighting]
For questions about highlighting document source code in your editor.
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Escaped percent sign is syntax-highlighted as comment by listings package
My code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\lstset{
language=[latex]tex,
basicstyle=\ttfamily,
commentstyle=\color{violet},
columns=fullflexible,
...
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How do I box (highlight) phrases so that all the boxes line up horizontally?
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %
\documentclass[english]{book}
%-------------------------------------------------------------...
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Listing syntax highlighting of keywords after assignation
I am using the following snippet to define a custom language:
\newcommand\mscript{customMATLAB}
\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\lstdefinelanguage%
\expandafter{\mscript}{
alsoletter={:,=},
...
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make Kile syntax highlight extension aware
Is is possible to make kile use a specific syntax highlight scheme for different kinds of files? I have a documentwith a .tex file as main file, but I also work with some sage script, and some sagetex ...
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1answer
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VS Code - Latex Workshop - how to enable custom highlighting?
I'm finding the section subsection highlighting is not enough for me and I can barely see it.
I think there is a way to customize things. You can see various entries in the repo for section.name and ...
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TeX source code is just black instead of including red/blue/green elements
I have a simple question. I am writing a document in the Overleaf editor with multiple chapters in different .tex files, and in one of the chapters the source code looks like this:
However, in my ...
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Syntax Higlighting in source code with Texmaker
How can I customize the syntax highlighting for enviroments in the source code with Texmaker. For example \usepackage{verbatim} gives the enviroment \begin{comment}...\end{comment}, which does, that ...
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In Tex Studio, is there a way to get rid of “math command outside of math env” warnings?
When I use the mathpartir package, Tex Studio does not seem to identify that mathpar is a math environment, and highlights all my math mode commands in red. When I hover the mouse over them, it says "...
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Listing: custom syntax highlighting for JSON?
I created the following custom language definition for JSON, based upon the syntax highlighting offered by IntelliJ IDEA for JSON.
% Custom colours
\definecolor{numbers}{HTML}{0000FF}
\colorlet{...
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Syntax Highlighting for XML in lstlisting environments
I'm looking for a good syntax highlighting for XML (the existing syntax highlighting for XML does not meet all requirements.). I've already created something there (below), unfortunately I'm still ...
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Is is possible to exempt a block of code from syntax highlighting in the TeXstudio editor?
Working with LaTeX documents in TeXstudio, I often write/use commands with nonstandard syntax (such as @egreg's most helpful answer to this question) that wind up looking like a dog's breakfast in the ...
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Sublime Text + LaTeXTools syntax highlighting for custom command?
I have a custom command which I use frequently to comment out chunks of a source file, defined as follows:
\newcommand{\comment}[1]{}
In Sublime Text (with LaTeXTools), this command throws the ...
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Highlight JSON code snippet with minted
I have a JSON code snippet that I like to include into my LaTeX document:
"builders": [
{
"type": "test",
"image": "ubuntu:latest",
"changes": [
"EXPOSE 123 ...
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Reporting python interactive mode examples as in the introduction
I would like to imitate the style used in the python introduction
within my beamer slides.
Essentialy, I would like an environment with some background that colors the python syntax of every line ...
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TexStudio: .pgf files highlight the syntax the same as .tex
I like to generate plots with matplotlib's pgf backend - the output file is .pgf (basically just .tex). I'd like to to keep the file extension as .pgf as it helps me differentiate a figure file. ...
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Why wont the `minted` package produce output?
I'm trying to write a document with code examples using minted
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a4paper, total={6in, 8in}]{geometry}
\usepackage{minted}
\title{Modelling stuff}
\begin{document}
...
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Annoying syntax highlighting of unclosed group at \cs:w [closed]
So I was looking at my preamble, with Overleaf yelling at me for not putting a closing bracket after the piece of code attached below, which is strange, since that group is indeed closed. To confirm, ...
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How can I add code highlighting for listings with different colour lines?
How can I create a listing design in LaTeX, with numbers on the left, and each line separated with colours like in the picture? I could not find such listing style for LaTeX.
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Syntax highlights for variable names in declaration
I'm using a language whose pretty printing highlights variables when defined with their type. So if I write:
Fun foo (a: int):
Then Fun and int will be highlighted in blue (they are defined keyword),...
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How to adjust background colorbox size for inline code in pandoc markdown [duplicate]
This answer provides a nice way to add background colour to inline code snippets. Using that, my YAML header includes this:
---
title: My title
subtitle: \emph{Documentation last updated on \today}
...
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1answer
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Why are strings interpreted wrong in MatLab code with listings
I am trying to include MatLab code in my document using the listings package, but it seems like strings are not interpreted correct.
fprintf('ABC %s:\n', mystring);
fprintf("ABC %s:\n", mystring);
\...
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lstlisting syntax for .config file
In my document I want to list a configuration file, but I can't find a proper syntax highlighting. What I have is:
\begin{lstlisting}[language=?]
[postgresql]
dsn="postgres://..."
[redis]
url="redis:...
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TexStudio syntax highlighting for \newcommand like commentTodo
TexStudio has a syntax highlighting section for todocomments (todo comments are highlighted in the editor). Is it possible to define similar syntax highlighting for custom commands defined with \...
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TexStudio autocompletion stopped working for macros
So I recently created macros (.sty files), which are remotely loaded at in my preamble. There are various points in these macros where I've defined a new command; for example:
\def\remark#1#{\...
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Prevent keyword syntax highlighting within moredelim
Code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\lstset{
basicstyle=\ttfamily,
columns=fullflexible,
keepspaces=true,
...
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The listings package highlights “e3” in “20e3” as identifier
LaTeX code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\lstset{
basicstyle=\ttfamily,
columns=fullflexible,
keepspaces=true,
upquote=true,
...
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1answer
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Combining multiple listings styles in a single \lstdefinestyle command
Here is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\lstdefinestyle{style1}{
basicstyle=\ttfamily,
columns=fullflexible,
keepspaces=...
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1answer
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Why is identifierstyle used for lstlisting with no language?
Here is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{
keywordstyle=\color{blue},
identifierstyle=\color{red},
}
\lstnewenvironment{algol}{\lstset{...
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commands do not appear in blue anymore
I don't know what buttons did I hit that I am not aware of, but all of a sudden, I stopped seeing the LaTeX commands in blue anymore. I am talking about \begin{document}, \end{document}, \section, \...
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Dark mode in TeXstudio [duplicate]
I cannot seem to properly configure my texprofile in TeXstudio to change to dark mode. I have downloaded the .txsprofile from this website, but upon following the instructions (saving the current ...
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Are there any existing setups for Listings to provide syntax highlighting for Antlr4 (.g4) grammar files in LaTeX?
I have been using the Listings package for C and Java highlighting and I also need to highlight my Antlr4 grammar code, which is of the .g4 format. Are there any existing setups for this, preferably ...
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Beginner questions about extensions management on Visual Code Studio
I am using Visual Studio Code 1.33.1 and the extensions:
Code spell checker, LaTex language support, LaTex Preview, LaTex Workshop,
OMT & ODT.
But the commands I am using, as \documentclass{...
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1answer
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Syntax highlighting not working properly
I'm using TeXstudio and for a while now, every time I write in math mode using $...$ or \[...\], it highlights most of the commands as if they were syntax errors although it compiles just fine. For ...
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minted: why are field variables colored and how can I change that for Java code?
As a minimal example I would want to highlight the following code:
(new Thread(() -> {
System.out.println("Hello");
})).start();
Given the MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{minted}
\...
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How to highlight word in listings that starts/ends with specified character?
I want to highlight function name in code, which is a word that ends with left parenthesis, like sqrt(), but don't want to highlight the parenthesis.
Here is what I got so far, I learnt this from ...
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Can I type \LaTeX inside inline code in Rmarkdown?
I know I can use $$ to write \LaTeX in Rmarkdown documents like $\beta$. My goal is if this is possible inside inline code.
I would do `$\beta$` or `$\\beta$`, but both do not work.
In case it is ...
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1answer
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Listing: XML keywords, strings, identifiers not recognized
I'd like to implement some XML code in my document. However, the syntax of my listings doesn't seem to be acknowledged. So my output looks like this right now:
Obviously, that doesn't make any sense. ...
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gedit syntax highlighting issue
In gedit 3.28.1 in Ubuntu 18.04, I have syntax highlighting random problem :
In the above image you can see that \linewidth (on line 24) highlights the way regular control sequences are set in green. ...
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How to syntax-highlight an own language / unpopular language?
How can I syntax-highlight an unpopular language that is not supported for lstlisting?
The language is called "Cypher" (for the graph database Neo4j) und I would like to highlight words like "RETURN",...
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2answers
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AucTeX issue with BVerbatim in newenvironment
I have the following newenvironment command:
\newenvironment{code}
{ \VerbatimEnvironment
\begin{mdframed}[
backgroundcolor=black!70,
leftmargin=1, rightmargin=1,
innerleftmargin=4, ...
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1answer
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Adjust top and bottom margins using minted
I've been using the listings package with the following setup to produce a compact layout of code samples:
\lstset{
basicstyle=\footnotesize\ttfamily,breaklines=true,
framextopmargin=50pt,...
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1answer
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Parse key-value pairs within delimiters and color each token differently in lstlisting
Here is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{
basicstyle=\ttfamily,
moredelim=*[s][\color{gray}]{[}{]},
keywords=[0]{a,b,foo,baz},
...
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1answer
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Default Color for User Defined Macros in Emacs
When writing tex documents, I often create and include a file that contains a number of user defined macros, e.g., \newcommand{\pstar}{\ensuremath{\mathcal{P}^\star}}.
I'd like to set up emacs syntax ...
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votes
1answer
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Can I change the color of the whitespace markers in the TeXstudio editor?
I'm using a couple custom settings for syntax highlighting in the TeXstudio editor, but I'm running into a problem, and I'm not sure whether this is down to me not finding the correct settings and ...
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1answer
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How to embedded source code on-demand into PDF?
I wondered if its possible to embed source code of some software you are writing about into the PDF but not displayed by default. E.g. you have a long script I would be nice if the user/reader could ...
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Commands inside lstnewenvironment not ignored
I am using an lstenvironment to make sure the code is on one page:
\lstnewenvironment{mycode}{}{}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\BeforeBeginEnvironment{mycode}{\par\noindent\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}\...
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2answers
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Restoring default color scheme of TexStudio
After getting help from her: Current line highlighting in TeXstudio to change the color scheme of the texstudio editor, I ran into a problem:
Those features not marked with color as default, are ...
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1answer
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minted - how to highlight html also, when language “twig” is selected
I use minted and I try to format twig-Code. But when I select twig as the code-language, it does highlight the twig code but it doesn't highlight html-code!
This looks like this:
Is there any way to ...
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TexWorks syntax custom highlight for text within curly braces
I would like to have the text between curly braces appear highlighted in lightpink in my TexWorks editor. I don't have a cs background, and this is as far as I've got. I've added the following to my ...
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Syntax highlighting of (Cisco) terminal
I want to highlight a complete terminal flow, mostly for the Cisco CLI, but Bash would be nice, too. As for now, the result achieved with the package lstlisting looks as follows:
I achieved that with ...
