How to keep formating when copy-paste code sections with minted?











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I am using the minted package for syntax highlighting code in my slides, but I have some problem to make this code easily copyable directly from the PDF to the console. it seems that the whitespaces used to format the code totally disappear when we select the code on the screen.



I was used to the option keepspaces=true and columns=flexible in the lstlisting package but I cannot find anything similar in the minted package documentation.



Did I miss something or is it just impossible with minted ?



Here is a code sample:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{minted}

begin{document}
begin{minted}{c}
int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
extern int var;
return var;
}
end{minted}
end{document}


Compiled with: pdflatex -shell-escape sample.tex, it will produce:



code sample



But, when we copy-paste itdirectly from the PDF, we will get:



int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
extern int var;
return var;
}


You should have noticed that all the white spaces formatting has been lost in the process.



What I would like to have is a copyable code with a copy-paste selection.










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    In ConTeXt, I usually attach the source code in the pdf (using attachfile). This also avoids things such as selecting the header and footer when copy pasting directly from the pdf. I am sure there will be an equivalent method in LaTeX.
    – Aditya
    Nov 12 at 13:15










  • This is an interesting possibility, thanks for that! But, it does not provide any syntax highlight for the code. I know I want a lot, but I would like to have both! :-)
    – perror
    Nov 12 at 13:23










  • I do both. Provide syntax highlighted code for viewing on the pdf and an attached file for copy pasting. All hidden behind a macro, so that I only need to type startcode ... stopcode. It is relatively straight-forward to implement for someone who knows the innards of minted (minted saves the file to disk in order to run pygments; you just need to attach that file).
    – Aditya
    Nov 12 at 13:32












  • Well, I tried and it does not fit my need at all. I would like to have the code only once (and not having to have two ways to access it).
    – perror
    Nov 12 at 13:48










  • You can use the accsupp package to provide the actual text instead of the minted text for copying (and screen reading), but please help us help you by providing a minimal compilable code example of you setup.
    – TeXnician
    Nov 12 at 16:10

















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I am using the minted package for syntax highlighting code in my slides, but I have some problem to make this code easily copyable directly from the PDF to the console. it seems that the whitespaces used to format the code totally disappear when we select the code on the screen.



I was used to the option keepspaces=true and columns=flexible in the lstlisting package but I cannot find anything similar in the minted package documentation.



Did I miss something or is it just impossible with minted ?



Here is a code sample:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{minted}

begin{document}
begin{minted}{c}
int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
extern int var;
return var;
}
end{minted}
end{document}


Compiled with: pdflatex -shell-escape sample.tex, it will produce:



code sample



But, when we copy-paste itdirectly from the PDF, we will get:



int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
extern int var;
return var;
}


You should have noticed that all the white spaces formatting has been lost in the process.



What I would like to have is a copyable code with a copy-paste selection.










share|improve this question




















  • 2




    In ConTeXt, I usually attach the source code in the pdf (using attachfile). This also avoids things such as selecting the header and footer when copy pasting directly from the pdf. I am sure there will be an equivalent method in LaTeX.
    – Aditya
    Nov 12 at 13:15










  • This is an interesting possibility, thanks for that! But, it does not provide any syntax highlight for the code. I know I want a lot, but I would like to have both! :-)
    – perror
    Nov 12 at 13:23










  • I do both. Provide syntax highlighted code for viewing on the pdf and an attached file for copy pasting. All hidden behind a macro, so that I only need to type startcode ... stopcode. It is relatively straight-forward to implement for someone who knows the innards of minted (minted saves the file to disk in order to run pygments; you just need to attach that file).
    – Aditya
    Nov 12 at 13:32












  • Well, I tried and it does not fit my need at all. I would like to have the code only once (and not having to have two ways to access it).
    – perror
    Nov 12 at 13:48










  • You can use the accsupp package to provide the actual text instead of the minted text for copying (and screen reading), but please help us help you by providing a minimal compilable code example of you setup.
    – TeXnician
    Nov 12 at 16:10















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I am using the minted package for syntax highlighting code in my slides, but I have some problem to make this code easily copyable directly from the PDF to the console. it seems that the whitespaces used to format the code totally disappear when we select the code on the screen.



I was used to the option keepspaces=true and columns=flexible in the lstlisting package but I cannot find anything similar in the minted package documentation.



Did I miss something or is it just impossible with minted ?



Here is a code sample:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{minted}

begin{document}
begin{minted}{c}
int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
extern int var;
return var;
}
end{minted}
end{document}


Compiled with: pdflatex -shell-escape sample.tex, it will produce:



code sample



But, when we copy-paste itdirectly from the PDF, we will get:



int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
extern int var;
return var;
}


You should have noticed that all the white spaces formatting has been lost in the process.



What I would like to have is a copyable code with a copy-paste selection.










share|improve this question















I am using the minted package for syntax highlighting code in my slides, but I have some problem to make this code easily copyable directly from the PDF to the console. it seems that the whitespaces used to format the code totally disappear when we select the code on the screen.



I was used to the option keepspaces=true and columns=flexible in the lstlisting package but I cannot find anything similar in the minted package documentation.



Did I miss something or is it just impossible with minted ?



Here is a code sample:



documentclass{article}
usepackage{minted}

begin{document}
begin{minted}{c}
int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
extern int var;
return var;
}
end{minted}
end{document}


Compiled with: pdflatex -shell-escape sample.tex, it will produce:



code sample



But, when we copy-paste itdirectly from the PDF, we will get:



int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
extern int var;
return var;
}


You should have noticed that all the white spaces formatting has been lost in the process.



What I would like to have is a copyable code with a copy-paste selection.







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  • 2




    In ConTeXt, I usually attach the source code in the pdf (using attachfile). This also avoids things such as selecting the header and footer when copy pasting directly from the pdf. I am sure there will be an equivalent method in LaTeX.
    – Aditya
    Nov 12 at 13:15










  • This is an interesting possibility, thanks for that! But, it does not provide any syntax highlight for the code. I know I want a lot, but I would like to have both! :-)
    – perror
    Nov 12 at 13:23










  • I do both. Provide syntax highlighted code for viewing on the pdf and an attached file for copy pasting. All hidden behind a macro, so that I only need to type startcode ... stopcode. It is relatively straight-forward to implement for someone who knows the innards of minted (minted saves the file to disk in order to run pygments; you just need to attach that file).
    – Aditya
    Nov 12 at 13:32












  • Well, I tried and it does not fit my need at all. I would like to have the code only once (and not having to have two ways to access it).
    – perror
    Nov 12 at 13:48










  • You can use the accsupp package to provide the actual text instead of the minted text for copying (and screen reading), but please help us help you by providing a minimal compilable code example of you setup.
    – TeXnician
    Nov 12 at 16:10
















  • 2




    In ConTeXt, I usually attach the source code in the pdf (using attachfile). This also avoids things such as selecting the header and footer when copy pasting directly from the pdf. I am sure there will be an equivalent method in LaTeX.
    – Aditya
    Nov 12 at 13:15










  • This is an interesting possibility, thanks for that! But, it does not provide any syntax highlight for the code. I know I want a lot, but I would like to have both! :-)
    – perror
    Nov 12 at 13:23










  • I do both. Provide syntax highlighted code for viewing on the pdf and an attached file for copy pasting. All hidden behind a macro, so that I only need to type startcode ... stopcode. It is relatively straight-forward to implement for someone who knows the innards of minted (minted saves the file to disk in order to run pygments; you just need to attach that file).
    – Aditya
    Nov 12 at 13:32












  • Well, I tried and it does not fit my need at all. I would like to have the code only once (and not having to have two ways to access it).
    – perror
    Nov 12 at 13:48










  • You can use the accsupp package to provide the actual text instead of the minted text for copying (and screen reading), but please help us help you by providing a minimal compilable code example of you setup.
    – TeXnician
    Nov 12 at 16:10










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2




In ConTeXt, I usually attach the source code in the pdf (using attachfile). This also avoids things such as selecting the header and footer when copy pasting directly from the pdf. I am sure there will be an equivalent method in LaTeX.
– Aditya
Nov 12 at 13:15




In ConTeXt, I usually attach the source code in the pdf (using attachfile). This also avoids things such as selecting the header and footer when copy pasting directly from the pdf. I am sure there will be an equivalent method in LaTeX.
– Aditya
Nov 12 at 13:15












This is an interesting possibility, thanks for that! But, it does not provide any syntax highlight for the code. I know I want a lot, but I would like to have both! :-)
– perror
Nov 12 at 13:23




This is an interesting possibility, thanks for that! But, it does not provide any syntax highlight for the code. I know I want a lot, but I would like to have both! :-)
– perror
Nov 12 at 13:23












I do both. Provide syntax highlighted code for viewing on the pdf and an attached file for copy pasting. All hidden behind a macro, so that I only need to type startcode ... stopcode. It is relatively straight-forward to implement for someone who knows the innards of minted (minted saves the file to disk in order to run pygments; you just need to attach that file).
– Aditya
Nov 12 at 13:32






I do both. Provide syntax highlighted code for viewing on the pdf and an attached file for copy pasting. All hidden behind a macro, so that I only need to type startcode ... stopcode. It is relatively straight-forward to implement for someone who knows the innards of minted (minted saves the file to disk in order to run pygments; you just need to attach that file).
– Aditya
Nov 12 at 13:32














Well, I tried and it does not fit my need at all. I would like to have the code only once (and not having to have two ways to access it).
– perror
Nov 12 at 13:48




Well, I tried and it does not fit my need at all. I would like to have the code only once (and not having to have two ways to access it).
– perror
Nov 12 at 13:48












You can use the accsupp package to provide the actual text instead of the minted text for copying (and screen reading), but please help us help you by providing a minimal compilable code example of you setup.
– TeXnician
Nov 12 at 16:10






You can use the accsupp package to provide the actual text instead of the minted text for copying (and screen reading), but please help us help you by providing a minimal compilable code example of you setup.
– TeXnician
Nov 12 at 16:10

















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