Questions tagged [syntax-highlighting]
For questions about highlighting document source code in your editor.
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Highlight the background of an equation in Beamer using package Tikz
Hi would like to simply highlight a part of a formula using the package tikZ but I am facing some difficulties in doing so.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{framed,multirow}
\usepackage{bm}
\...
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Behavior of brace match in TeXstudio
While I like the syntax highlighting for brace (and parenthesis, and dollar sign) match/mismatch in TeXstudio, I find it distinctly unhelpful that when the cursor is adjacent to a brace it makes the ...
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Syntax highlight for gmsh code (*.geo)?
I am looking for syntax highlighting packages (as listings or minted) for *.geo (gmsh input) and/or MSH file format version 2 or 4 *.msh (gmsh output).
Example of content of *.geo file
// Scale global ...
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latex3 - Full support grammar for editors - Not a technical question
It could be so useful to have a full grammar supporting all the built-in macros of LaTeX3.
This would simplify the reading of codes by proposing special formattings for each of these built-in macros.
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Syntax Highlighting of Common Lisp User Defined Macros in Emacs [closed]
I would like to start writing a few simple Domain Specific Languages in Common Lisp and would like the names of macros I define to be highlighted as if they were Common Lisp functions or macros (in ...
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“Extra }” error when inserting quote mark " after string in tikz \overlay \node enviroment
thanks in advance for your precious help.
I am trying to highlight non seriffed text commands inside a grey box ="easy here". Something like this:
To get that in Latex, the following code ...
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How to caption a listing(?) environment, custom Python syntax highlighting environment
I am using this answer to add syntax-highlighted Python snippets to my document
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{newtxtt}
% Custom colors
\usepackage{...
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UTF-8 Mu won't render inside custom environment
I just tried using this https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/83883/143861 for syntax highlighting Python in overleaf
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% Default fixed font ...
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Minted's Haskell syntax coloring seems incorrect
The output of the following source code has the first fmap colored in blue (I think it's the keyword coloring) and the second in black (which should be "no coloring" for normal variable ...
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\inputminted can't find the source code file
I'm trying to import a Python script into my LaTeX document using \inputminted, but it only works if I use the absolute path.
E.g. this works:
\inputminted{python}{C:/Documents/example.py}
This does ...
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Highlighting filenames in inline text (for revtex or latex)
I'm wondering if there are any recommendations or suggestions on how to properly highlight filenames written in the text, for example when mentioning source code files (frontend.py in the example ...
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Create custom listing for PowerShell. Colouring variables and parameters
I want to create a custom listing for Powershell.
Example of what my listing looks like at the moment
But I cant figure out, how to colour the variables and parameters. These starts with '$' or '-'!
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TexStudio doesn't register math mode for TikZ “matrix of math nodes”
In TexStudio, when I make a diagram with TikZ and use the matrix of math nodes option, it doesn't register that it's supposed to look like math mode... so it ends up having a bunch of highlighting for ...
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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 3.0.4 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 the ...
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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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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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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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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, \...
