Cfrgtkky

i'd like to use the name=something,firstlinenumber=auto function for continuous line numbering throughout a couple of subsequent listings in my document. I'd also like to have each of the listings have its own separate entry in the List of Listings. The listings package seems to not like that, though: If I use the same name=something for multiple listings, only the first one gets an entry in the List of Listings, every other one does not. If I do not use name=something, each listing gets it's own entry in the List of Listings, but the continuous line numbering no longer works. Minimal example:

documentclass{article}



usepackage{listings}

lstset{numbers=left,firstnumber=auto}



begin{document}



lstlistoflistings

section{Contents}



begin{lstlisting}[name=test,label=first,caption=First Listing]

this should start at line number 1

and should be the first entry in the List of Listings

end{lstlisting}



Listing~ref{first} shows up correctly in the List of Listings.



begin{lstlisting}[name=test,label=second,caption=Second Listing]

this continues line numbers from the previous listing

but does not get an entry in the List of Listings

end{lstlisting}



Listing~ref{second} continues the line numbering, and has its own listing number

that can be referenced, but does not receive an entry in the list of Listings.



% parameter "name=test" is removed here..

begin{lstlisting}[label=third,caption=Third Listing]

this restarts the line numbers from line 1

but does get a second entry in the List of Listings

end{lstlisting}



Listing~ref{third} also has its own listing number that can be referenced, and

does get an entry in the List of Listings, but does not continue line numbers.



end{document}

Obviously I could manually count each listings' lines and then manually set the starting line number for each subsequent listing, but I'd prefer a more robust automatic solution. Does anyone know a way to get both behaviors, continuous line numbers AND separate List of Listings entries?

Thanks in advance!

With this marcro from Yiannis Lazarides's cheeky answer, you can get the so-called robustness. That is with different naming, you not only continue the line numbering but also get the listings listed as they appear.

documentclass{article}

%https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/95036/continue-line-numbers-in-listings-package

usepackage{listings}



lstnewenvironment{bash}[1]

{lstset{language=C}lstset{%

        numbers=left,

        #1

}}

{}





%

%%% Always I forget this so I created some aliases

defContinueLineNumber{lstset{firstnumber=last}}

defStartLineAt#1{lstset{firstnumber=#1}}

letnumberLineAtStartLineAt





begin{document}



    lstlistoflistings

    ContinueLineNumber

    section{Contents}



    begin{bash}[name=test,label=first,caption=First Listing]

    this should start at line number 1

    and should be the first entry in the List of Listings

    end{bash}



    Listing~ref{first} shows up correctly in the List of Listings.



    begin{bash}[name=test5,label=second,caption=Second Listing]

    this continues line numbers from the previous listing

    but does not get an entry in the List of Listings

    end{bash}



No more problems :)



    % parameter "name=test" is removed here..

    begin{bash}[name=test77, label=third,caption=Third Listing]

    this no more restarts the line numbers from line 1

    but does continue in the List of Listings

    end{bash}



    The macro does the job.

end{document}

which will give you: