How to use minted under MikTeX and Windows 7?

Question

According to minted documentation:

Windows support is sketchy / untested at the moment. There are two complications: installation and usage.......

This question seeks a step by step elaboration of

How to setup minted for use with MikTeX under Windows?

Answer 1

minted uses Python pygments library, so you need to:

• Install Python, choose any version you like: x64 or x86, it better to choose 2.7.5 version.
• Add Python to PATH:
  • Hold Win and press Pause.
  • Click Advanced System Settings.
  • Click Environment Variables.
  • Append ;C:\Python27 to the PATH variable.
• Install python-pip.
• Add ;C:\Python27\Scripts to the PATH variable.

• pip install pygments to install Pygments (in case you have Perl installed, the full path to pip should be specified, because Perl also has a binary with the same name).

• Сompile with -shell-escape option enabled:

  \documentclass{article}
  \usepackage{minted}
  
  \begin{document}
      \begin{minted}[mathescape,
                     linenos,
                     numbersep=5pt,
                     gobble=2,
                     frame=lines,
                     framesep=2mm]{csharp}
        string title = "This is a Unicode π in the sky"
        /*
        Defined as $\pi=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{P_n}{d}$ where $P$ is the perimeter
        of an $n$-sided regular polygon circumscribing a
        circle of diameter $d$.
        */
        const double pi = 3.1415926535
      \end{minted}
  \end{document}
  

The result should look like:

Answer 2

Install python for windows. Then install setuptools. This should add easy_install.exe file in the Scripts folder of your python directory (something like: C:\Python26\Scripts\ in my computer. It may be different for you.) Add C:\Python26\Scripts to your system path using user variables. You may wish to use a user friendly editor: path editor for this purpose.

Now with internet on, go to the command prompt and type easy_install pygments.

Now you may have to restart your computer. And there you go. Try this test file:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{minted} % loads fancyvrb

\newenvironment{eqnexample}
 {\VerbatimOut{\jobname.tmp}}
 {\endVerbatimOut
  \inputminted{latex}{\jobname.tmp}
  \input{\jobname.tmp}}

\begin{document}

\begin{eqnexample}
\begin{align}
  d &= \sqrt{ (x'-x)^2 }
  \\
  e &= 0
\end{align}
\end{eqnexample}

\begin{eqnexample}
\begin{multline}
  d = \sqrt{ (x'-x)^2 }  \\
  = f(x,x')
\end{multline}
\end{eqnexample}

\end{document}