Center a Listing on page

Question

I am trying to center a listing horizontally within a page.

So far I have tried defining the following macro:

\lstnewenvironment{snippet}[1][]
    {\centering \lstset{float=htpb,#1}} 
    {}

But it did not work.

I have read this question and answer, but I would prefer a solution that does not rely in figures or tables.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '11 at 10:55

3

only possible when you define a width for a minipage:

\lstnewenvironment{snippet}[1][]
    {\hfill\lstset{frame=single,#1}\minipage{0.6\linewidth}}
    {\endminipage\hfill\null}

answered Feb 05 '11 at 10:55

Your suggestion is ot working, it gives a ! Emergency stop. error and the resulting file does not contain the listing. – Tiago Veloso Feb 05 '11 at 15:39
@Tiago: than give me a minimal example, which shows this error. For me it works! – Feb 05 '11 at 16:42

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 21 '12 at 09:20

If you set the line width i.e. \lstset{linewidth=0.6\textwidth}and want that centered, you can use margins instead. i.e.:

\lstset{linewidth=\textwidth,
xleftmargin=0.2\textwidth,
xrightmargin=0.2\textwidth}

I usually use this method, but I haven't tried with the float= setting.

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