General ⇒ c++ source code

[maceta]

Hi, what's the best way to insert c++ source code into a latex document? I'm using texlive 2007...

Thanks for any advice.

[localghost]

Try the listings package. Its documentation describes in detail everything you need.

[olivares14031]

You can use verbatim environment

\begin{verbatim}
C++ Code to go HERE

/* the first C++ program
* - just outputs `Hello, World!'
*/

#include <iostream> // declarations for I/O

int main() // main function main()
{
/* print `Hello, World!' on standard output channel std::cout
* followed by an endline (std::endl)
*/
std::cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl;
}
\end{verbatim}

It should do the job.

[localghost]

You can use verbatim environment […] It should do the job.

What about the often demanded syntax highlighting and other formatting matters?

[rockstar1707]

You can use verbatim environment […] It should do the job.

What about the often demanded syntax highlighting and other formatting matters?

One possible workaround for preserving syntax highlightninh is to open source file with Scite text editor (http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTE.html) and to export it as LaTeX file. It produces a really nice .tex file with all the "usual" formating.

[localghost]

One possible workaround for preserving syntax highlightninh is to open source file with Scite text editor (http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTE.html) and to export it as LaTeX file. It produces a really nice .tex file with all the "usual" formating.

A workaround is completely unnecessary. The listings package is the best way to include source code into LaTeX documents. It offers settings for nearly every programming language.

[yateleybob]

The listings package is definitely the way to go. Syntax highlighting is built-in but customisable.