General ⇒ Code Listings that can be referenced

[laailalalaa]

Hi,

I wanna insert some referenceable code excerpts in a .tex file. What's my best option?

Status quo: while struggling with listings, I realized I couldn't squeeze the space between the words in the code.. so ended up using alltt, wrapped in a predefined example environment. But 'Example' is not really what I'm looking for ..

Update: However, if anyone knows how to decrease inter-word spacing in listing, I'm all ears on that as well.

Thanks.

[localghost]

Get used to showing problems always by a proper minimal example. Otherwise missing information prevents effective help.

I can't comprehend your problems with listings. The package allows to put code into a floating environment which can be referenced. Code is usually typeset in a mono-spaced font. Hence there is no room for squeezing. The same applies to alltt. Perhaps you can clarify the reason(s) for shrinking inter-word spaces.


Thorsten

[laailalalaa]

I'm replacing images containing source code with, well, intext source code. Apart from aspect issues, I need to save a lot of space in the paper.

Here\s a min ex:

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\documentclass[runningheads,a4paper]{llncs}
\usepackage{alltt}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{
basicstyle=\footnotesize\ttfamily,
breaklines = true
}
\begin{document}

\begin{lstlisting}
A painting synesthetically fragranced with vibrations of purple LINQ.
\end{lstlisting}

\begin{alltt}\footnotesize\ttfamily
\centering\parbox{1.0\linewidth}{
A painting synesthetically fragranced with vibrations of purple LINQ.
}\end{alltt}

\end{document}}

Using listings, "purple LINQ" jumps on line 2. With alltt, I still have some place left after "LINQ" until the end of line 1. The font size is the same, but the inter-word spacing is considerably larger with listings. If I take a closer look, the letters in one word seem to be pushing each other harder with listings...

[localghost]

Indeed with listings the text seems to be spaced out a bit more. It will work with minted (see attachment).

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{alltt}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{
  basicstyle=\footnotesize\ttfamily,
  breaklines=true
}
\usepackage{minted}

\begin{document}
  \begin{lstlisting}[gobble=4]
    A painting synesthetically fragranced with vibrations of purple LINQ.
  \end{lstlisting}

  \begin{alltt}\footnotesize
A painting synesthetically fragranced with vibrations of purple LINQ.
  \end{alltt}

  \begin{minted}[fontsize=\footnotesize,gobble=4]{latex}
    A painting synesthetically fragranced with vibrations of purple LINQ.
  \end{minted}
\end{document}

This requires Python (and perhaps SetupTools) with Pygments installed. Pay attention to the instructions in the manual.

[laailalalaa]

Yep, worked, thanks. I'll come back a bit later with details on how I installed Pygments on Windows.