Text Formatting ⇒ Keep the Formatting for copied Text

[kr0w]

Hello LaTeX users.

My problem is to copy programming code from a compiler (with the colors, spaces, and so on) into my Lyx document and KEEP the formatting (colors, etc.).

I want this output in PDF from LyX.

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I've searched the Internet and found out that the writer2tex extension for LibreOffice Writer has the solution. So I copy the programming code to Writer (see link above), then exporting this text into .tex (which works fine too), open LyX and import the file as LaTeX (plain).

Now I see this:

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It gives me errors of \usepackage "Option clash for package babel." and a lot of undefined colors "Undefined color `['."

I also tried to use TeXworks. It can export it to PDF and keep the format, but not inside my hand-in document (the other tab in my picture above) in LyX. It also shows me the LaTeX code and tried to copy it in LyX as Tex code, but didn't work either.

Do you have any idea of what I'm doing wrong or how I can solve this problem?

[cgnieder]

Hi kr0w ,

Welcome to the LaTeX community!

It gives me errors of \usepackage "Option clash for package babel."

This most probable means that you're document is loading babel twice but with a different set of options.

and a lot of undefined colors "Undefined color `['."

In the red marked LaTeX code in your LyX document you can see

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\textcolor{[}{rgb}]{0.5803922,0.11765706,0.8745098}{public}

These are causing the errors. The \textcolor command takes two or three arguments, depending on the usage.

1. Either \textcolor{<colorname>}{<text to be colored>}, for example \textcolor{red}{Attention!}
2. or \textcolor[<colormodel>]{<specs>}{<text to be colored>}, for example \textcolor{rgb}{1,0,0}{Attention!}

In your case it should obviously be the second case

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\textcolor[rgb]{0.5803922,0.11765706,0.8745098}{public}

but is actually the first:

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\textcolor{[}{rgb}% all that follows now isn't argument to \textcolor

Since there nowhere is a color name [ defined you get these errors.

The best way to use code in a LaTeX document is by using the listings package. How you can use it with LyX I cannot tell as I am inexperienced with LyX.

Regards