Questions tagged [syntax-highlighting]
For questions about highlighting document source code in your editor.
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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. ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Highlight gnuplot syntax in Kile
gnuplottex allows for writing gnuplot source code directly into the LaTeX file. By default, Kile (or better to say Kate) doesn't know this environment and highlights it as LaTex code, which looks very ...
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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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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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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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mcode package with java code
I'm using mcode.sty package to show Java source code in my article. But as I see it, the code highlight doesnt realy work how I want :
How can I customize it in order to color special word like ...
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Java and XML Hightlighting in one document
I would like to implement in my latex document two hightlightnings for Java and XML, but only one works.
Here my latex code.
\usepackage{color}
\definecolor{dkgreen}{rgb}{0,0.6,0}
\definecolor{gray}{...
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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 ...
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How to make this fancy highlight?
Nowadays websites show inline computer-code/files in a nice fancy way, with a background color, and rounded box around it, see e.g. the example below.
How can I reproduce this in Latex?
Thanks
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Make lstlisting more colorful [closed]
I find the result of lstlisting is not very impressive.
Take C++ for example, it fails to distinguish keywords and typename, or variable names and namespace.
Open any well-established code editor, ...
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Listings: Correct syntax highlighting for bash // Use minted package with a box
Since i can't use the listingspacket to display my bash script (because of the wrong syntax highlighting by using i.e. language=bash) i have to use the minted package. So i have two questions:
Does ...
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Feynman diagrams using tikz-feynman package
I am using the following piece of code to draw a Feynman diagram using the tikz-feynman package.
\begin{equation*}
\feynmandiagram[layered layout, medium, horizontal=a to b] {
a [particle=...
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Latex Equations: Colour all instances of symbol
I (and most humans) find equations a lot easier to read when certain variables are highlighted. For example:
$$
0 = \frac{\partial}{\partial\color{blue}{z_l}}\big(\|h(z_{l-1})\cdot w_l-\color{blue}{...
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Customized color for a specific command in Texstudio or in another editor
I need to obtain a custom color for the text inside the \sepfootnotes command (which I defined as \xnote using \newfootnotes{x}), just to appear green like the one inside the \nameref command, but it ...
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Cannot obtain proper command highlighting with Texstudio and tex.qnfa
I'm trying to obtain a custom highlighting for the \xnote command in TexStudio editor, and I'm following these instructions, but when I add the lines to tex.qnfa as suggested it highlights the entire ...
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TexStudio highlighting
I'm using a number of \Sexpr statements in my Rnw file. They contain $ symbols and this results in e.g.
The result is very messy green highlighting in inappropriate places and a hard to read file. ...
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Unrecognised inputted commands highlighted [closed]
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\input{header}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
...
I have made a file known as "header.tex" which contains a lot of new commands and what not that I've made to make it ...
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Tex Studio: Why is my preamble orange?
In Texstudio's preamble section where I declare my packages, I have noticed that some of the texts are highlighted as orange.
There are no errors when compiling the document.
Can someone explain ...
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Add keyword to language in minted
I use minted to highlight some javascript code.
I use
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{minted}
\begin{document}
\begin{minted}{js}
const mySchema = new Schema({
name: String,
is_true: ...
