Questions tagged [syntax-highlighting]
For questions about highlighting document source code in your editor.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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votes
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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1answer
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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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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 ...
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Why does my regex code not work?
I've been trying to customize my syntax highlighting patterns on TeXworks recently, and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to deal with, for instance, content enclosed in \footnote{}. Sometimes I ...
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TeXstudio syntax highlighting for Tikz
How can I get in TeXstudio the same syntax highlighting of TikzEdt?
Look at the red word (called operation in Tikz, I think) "circle".
In TikzEdt:
In TeXstudio:
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Why `\pdfstrcmp` shows unrecongnized command in texstudio? [duplicate]
I have used this \pdfstrcmp as in the following to set the different
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\setappendix}{Appendix~\thechapter}
\newcommand{\setchapter}{Chapter~\thechapter~}
\titleformat{\...
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Markdown code fragment inside latex document
I am writing a document in LaTeX and I need to add some Markdown code fragments with highlighted syntax. Right now I'm using listings library for all my code fragments but listings doesn't support ...
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Color of marked Text in TeXStudio
I created a darker theme for TeXStudio and have problems with the
color of the text when I mark it with the cursor:
The first line is marked and I cannot change its color.
I searched every line in ...
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Code validation in minted package? How to disable it?
I'm using minted for inserting syntax highlighted HTML code in my document. But it isn't simple HTML (valid HTML I mean) and has some special characters and definitions (if you're interested, it's ...
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TeX Studio doesn't recognize certain amsmath commands even after loading packages
Here is my code:
As you can see, TeX Studio doesn't recognize the proof environment. Nonetheless, I have activated the amsmath package in the preferences:
So why isn't it working? I have tried ...
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2answers
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Vim does not recognize math environment (but handles other math fine)
So on one of my pc's the vim install dos not recognize math environments such as align and equation
Is there a way to turn this on?
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1answer
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How can I avoid coloring tex followed by '$' in TexMaker, inside a minted?
I'm using minted for some parts of bash code inside my project. But when I write a $ inside of it, TexMaker just colors everything else of green.
Is there a way to avoid that? Thank you
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In TexWorks, why does using a real apostrophe (’) break brace matching?
To get an apostrophe in LaTeX, one can type ' (straight quote mark) or ’ (apostrophe).
While both are compiled into an apostrophe, using ’ breaks the syntax highlighting of curly braces in TexWorks.
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TeXstudio - Preventing syntax highlighting effects from LaTeX special characters in Lua code
Is there way to make TeXstudio ignore the contents of a \directlua command when performing syntax highlighting? Currently, it ends up causing highlighting like:
Which is distracting when scanning the ...
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Keyword Highlighting not working in Python with listings
I am unable to get keywords to be highlighted in typeset Python.
Latex source:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\lstset{
language=Python,
frame=single,
numbers=left,...
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Using 'mintinline' inside 'tabu'
This is pretty much a '17 version of this question, since the solution provided does not work (anymore) in this case and neither does any of these other answers, because tabu has its own rules.
The ...
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Bash Syntax Hightlighting in a Tex File
I've got the question if there is a possibility to auto-highlight Bash syntax in a compiled Tex File. Is there a package that has a function to accomplish that? Thanks in advance, ADDB.
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Texstudio + custom cwl: #include command ignored
Goal I am trying to derive my own class from memoir and would like to include all the auto-completiong from the original memoir class.
Problem I wrote a customg .cwl file using #include:class-memoir....
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Sublime Text syntax highlighting sections titles as bold in the source
Currently the section commands are coloured blue (using the Monokai theme). I would like to add more emphasis to sectioning commands in the source code when open in Sublime Text 3, similar to the ...
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Syntax error colour for TeXstudio too light
I'm using TeXstudio 2.12.4 (hg 6476:3e5c3afa4719).
The following code (intentionally) produces this:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\s
\end{document}
As you can probably tell, the ...
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TeXstudio chemfig commands marked as unrecognized
I included the chemfig package to draw chemical stuff in LaTex.
But the commands aren't recognized by TeXstudio. I even added the package to the autocompletion list in the settings to get recognized ...
