Text Formatting ⇒ How would i make the text appear in pdf as written here?

[doruido]

Hey completely new to LaTeX, how would i make the text in picture below appear in same order and space?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi doruido,

welcome to the forum!

Code as image? Nice, I'll do that too.

If I understand correctly, you would like to have line breaks and spaces in the output to be the same as in the source. I needed the same, some time ago, to print text configs the same as in the source.

Here's the package I wrote based on eplain.tex and used:

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Don't worry if this looks difficult! It's easy to use. Place that code as file config.sty in the same folder as your .tex document. Her is a sample code, how it can be used:

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The output in the PDF file is:

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Stefan

[cgnieder]

As an alternative to Stefan's nice package you can also use LaTeX's own {verbatim} environment:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\begin{verbatim}
algorithm exists
    lo=0
    hi=7
    while hi >= lo
        mid = floor ...
\end{verbatim}

\end{document}

There are more sophisticated packages: listings, fancyvrb and a lot more: http://www.ctan.org/topic/listing

There are also some algorithm (pseudocode) related packages: http://www.ctan.org/topic/pseudocode

Regards

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Clemens,

by the way, the reason why I did not simply use verbatim, was that I needed TeX commands for loops and expansion, creating multiple config snippets in such a way:

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\begin{config}% white space obeyed
\foreach{\i}in{1,...,30}{%
\def\VLAN{6\twodigits{\i}}%
! Virtual interface subnet 10.16.\i.0/24 switch stack \i
interface Vlan\VLAN
  vrf member CCTV
  ip address 10.16.\i.2/24
  ip pim sparse-mode
  hsrp version 2
  hsrp \VLAN 
    authentication text HSRP\VLAN
    preempt 
    ip 10.16.\i.1
  description IPTV:10.16.\i.0/24:SWITCH\i
  no shutdown
}
\end{config}

Stefan