How can I change the style of listing captions to "Listing. #"?

Question

With the lstlistings package, is there a strait forward way of changing the label style from

Listing 1

to

Listing. 1

By the "label style" I mean the string used in the captions.

EG.

\begin{lstlisting}[caption=This is a caption, label=list]
   here lieth some code
\end{lstlisting}

would give me:

listing 1: This is a caption
here lieth some code

However, What I need to get is (notice the punctuation after the listing):

listing. 1: This is a caption
here lieth some code

Do you mean Listing. 1 instead of Listing 1 (note the singular)? Yes, there is a way... but I can't see how that would make sense: a full stop is usually meant for an abbreviation, but listing is written in full, here. — jub0bs, May 11 '14 at 17:39
Yes, I ment listing rather than listings. I agree, it makes little sense, however those are the formatting instructions I have been provided with and arguing with the publishers on a grammar issue would probably be foolish. — Chris Headleand, May 11 '14 at 18:02
Do you use a package for references, such as prettyref or cleveref? A minimal working example (MWE) would help. — jub0bs, May 11 '14 at 18:06
When you say "label style", do you mean the string used in the captions or the string used in cross-references? — Gonzalo Medina, May 11 '14 at 18:28
See http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/54819/listings-caption — jub0bs, May 11 '14 at 19:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '14 at 21:00

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\def\lstlistingname{Listing.}

You might also want to read section "4.9 Captions" from the listings.pdf

answered May 11 '14 at 21:00

HVennekate

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