Questions tagged [syntax-highlighting]
For questions about highlighting document source code in your editor.
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Syntax highlighting for semantex?
I don't know how to get syntax highlighting in TeXstudio (windows 10) with semantex. I found some guides on the internet but I'm not a programmer so not sure how to do it. Can someone help me?
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Is there a way to make $ and & have different colors in the TeXShop editor?
I'm using a lot of equations in a tabular environment, and it's hard to tell apart the $ math mode symbols from the & alignment symbols because they're both orange. In TeXShop -> Preferences -&...
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Listings: consistently colouring numbers
I have been using this solution found here at LaTeX Stack Exchange for colouring numbers in my code excerpts:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\makeatletter
%%% ...
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Define a new math-delimiter in Texstudio
Is it possible to define a new math-delimiter for texstudio syntax highlighting ?
For example, I would like to indicate that the \begin{mblock}...\end{mblock} environment is a math-delimiter.
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Scrolling the Output Produces Highlighting of Various Syntax. Why?
I am using TexStudio 2.6.6
When I scroll the syntax, there is no yellow highlighting that occurs.
However, when I scroll through the output, various paragraphs, as well as certain commands such as \...
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Dollar sign breaks syntax highlighting in Vim
The $ symbol opens inline math environment, unless it is used in verbatim enviromnent.
However Vim can’t seem to detect that it’s in a verbatim environment, and as a result the dollar breaks the ...
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How to get F# syntax highlighting?
I'm using MiKTeX via pandoc to make a book that contains C# and F# source code. The C# source code gets formatted just fine. How do I make sure the F# code gets formatted also?
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minted escapeinside works for all supported languages except LaTeX
I want to add some math symbols into the escaped contents, minted works well for languages like Python, but not LaTeX. A sample code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{minted}
\begin{document}
\...
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LaTeX listings package JSON formatting
I am using package listings for JSON data. I am following this example How to improve listings display of JSON files from this stackexchange answer. It generates the following output:
I added caption ...
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How can I achieve correct syntax highlighting in TeXstudio with a custom style file?
I work in TexStudio and experience highlighting problems when using my custom .sty file. Trying to solve this issue I experimented by downloading a custom .sty file from the internet (called test.sty) ...
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Highlighting math mode in TeXShop
Is there anyway to highlight the content of mathmode in TeXShop? Right now only the $ sign is in a different colour. I would want the text content inside the $ $ to be highlighted.
Like, for example, ...
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How do I use the MagicPython syntax highlighting with latex?
I would like to use the syntax highlighting from MagicPython with LaTeX - preferably with the listings package.
According to the documentation for the listings package it should be possible to supply ...
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Coloring footnote syntax in vim
I would like LaTeX footnotes to have a different color in nvim, much like VS Code does it:
I found this old question, which suggests putting this in after/syntax/tex.vim
syntax match footnote "\...
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How do I remove the feature where newly written text in editor is highlighted?
Whenever I write something new in the overleaf editor on my laptop it highlights it (see attatched image below) and I have to manually click somewhere else in the editor in order to remove it. I haven'...
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Unrecognized unicode-math command in TeXstudio although unicode-math.cwl is activated
TeXstudio 2.12.22 shows some commands defined by unicode-math as 'unrecognized command' and highlights them in red although I've enabled unicode-math.cwl and unicode-math-xetex.cwl in TeXstudio. All ...
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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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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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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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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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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. ...
