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"Hans Georg Schaathun" <> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:58:34 -0400, Tim Arnold
> <> wrote:
> : If you already know LaTeX, you might experiment with the *.dtx docstrip
> : capability.
>
> Hi. Hmmm. That's a new thought. I never thought of using docstrip
> with anything but LaTeX. It sounds like a rather primitive tool for
> handling python code, and I would expect some serious trouble getting
> sensible highlighting in vim/eclim (or most other editors for that
> matter). But I'll give it a thought. Thanks.
>
> : It has some pain points if you're developing from scratch, but I use it
> once
> : I've got a system in reasonable shape.
>
> Hmmm. I wonder if I am every going to reach that stage
>
> : You have full control over the
> : display and you can make the code files go anywhere you like when you
> run
> : pdflatex on your file.
>
> If you use docstrip with python, what packages do you use to highlight
> code and markup programming concepts (methods/classes/variables)?
> If I may ask ...
>
> --
> :-- Hans Georg

I don't use anything special, just the verbatim environment is fine for my
purposes. But you might like the listings package which iirc has syntax
highlighting built-in for python. ah, yes:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Packages/Listings

There's also the 'fancyvrb' package:
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macr...ntrib/fancyvrb

good luck,
--Tim