latexminted 0.1.0b9

Python executable for LaTeX minted package

latexminted — Python executable for LaTeX minted package

This Python package provides the Python side of the LaTeX minted package. It performs syntax highlighting using the Pygments library. It also provides several code formatting and manipulation features implemented in Python that would be difficult to perform in LaTeX, such as dedenting code and extracting code snippets from source files using regular expressions.

This package should only be installed manually if you need to use plugin packages for Pygments. The package is bundled within TeX distributions as a Python wheel along with the LaTeX minted package. Installing the LaTeX minted package with your TeX distribution's package manager will also install the latexminted Python package and all required Python libraries within the TeX installation. If you do need Pygments plugins, then install latexminted manually along with Pygments in a Python installation. Make sure that the latexminted executable that is created as part of this process has precedence on PATH over the latexminted executable in your TeX installation. For Windows, precedence on either the system PATH or the user PATH is usually sufficient, as long as the TeX installation is in a typical location and any user Python executable is within a Python installation under the user's home directory.

This Python package is specifically designed to be compatible with the LaTeX security requirements for restricted shell escape executables. These trusted executables can run during LaTeX compilation without requiring -shell-escape or similar command-line options that allow arbitrary shell commands to be executed.