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Re: outputting formated text version of code [message #13684 is a reply to message #13678]

Mon, 07 December 1998 00:00

mallors
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In article <366B381B.7885B915@uleth.ca>,
Brad Gom <gombg@uleth.ca> writes:
> I want to include some of my code in my thesis, so I need to be able to
> import the code into a document.
> Does anyone know of a routine that will convert a .pro file to a
> document that preserves the syntax highlighting seen in the IDL window?
> Copying the code from within IDL 5.0 doesn't allow me to paste it into a
> word processor with its formatting intact.
>
> I figure it would be possible to write a small program that would
> convert a source file into a rich-text-format document by searching for
> various keywords and inserting the appropriate format statements, but I
> don't really have the time to look into it.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?

If you are using UNIX, try the program a2ps. I wrote a style
file for that program for IDL. a2ps doesn't do color (I don't
think), but it will highlight key words, comments, etc. and
make a Postscript file that you can include into a document.
See http://www-inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps/

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		Re: outputting formated text version of code By: Brad Gom on Mon, 07 December 1998 00:00
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		Re: outputting formated text version of code By: mallors on Mon, 07 December 1998 00:00
		Re: outputting formated text version of code By: R.Bauer on Mon, 07 December 1998 00:00
		Re: outputting formated text version of code By: mirko_vukovic on Mon, 07 December 1998 00:00

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