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Is there a way to copy LaTeX text out of TeXstudio with syntax highlighting? Will include some macros and small portions of LaTeX in a presentation (Powerpoint) and want to get it as readable as possible.

Martin Schröder
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Fabian Deitelhoff
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  • Most editors don't support copying text including syntax highlighting directly, but I don't know about TeXstudio (if you just google for "export syntax highlighting" you'll find some links to editors that do support it more or less, using some plugins, etc.). A workaround is, of course, to just do a screen shot. But see this question for some problems you might encounter. – jarauh Oct 16 '15 at 19:19
  • Depending on your syntax highlighting solution, it may be possible to enable copy-pasting syntax-highlighted HTML from the generated PDF. – Raphael Mar 12 '17 at 09:32

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Well, a simple screen capture with enough zoom can do that, but.... really do you want a copy & paste in PowerPoint?

mwe

\documentclass{beamer}
\title{Listing Code}
\author{Jhon Doe}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\lstset{language=[LaTeX]TeX,
numbers=left, numberstyle=\small\sffamily\color{gray}, numbersep=1em,
frame=single, framerule=1pt,
keywordstyle=\color{red!70!black},
commentstyle=\color{blue},
morekeywords={maketitle,apples},
%tabsize=4,
backgroundcolor=\color{yellow!10},
caption=Copy \& Paste from somewhere\ldots}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[fragile]{Some \LaTeX\ code}
\begin{lstlisting}{LaTeX}
% This must be before of \maketitle
\title{Listing with syntax}
\author{John Doe}
\date{today} 
% End of preamble
\begin{document}
\maketitle 
\tomatoes % Undefined control sequence
\apples
 ...
\end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Fran
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  • Thanks for your answer. Marked it as the answer because I finally decided to search for a good beamer theme for my presentations. Bye bye PowerPoint :). – Fabian Deitelhoff Oct 19 '15 at 10:11
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You can export the source code as formatted HTML (Tools -> Convert Source To HTML ...). However, I don't know if PowerPoint can make use of it. If not, you'll probably have to use a screenshot.

Tim Hoffmann
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