[OS X TeX] Typesetting program code in LaTeX - what packages to use?

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Apr 9, 2025, at 10:49 AM, Luís Sequeira <lfsequeira at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear All
> 
> Apologies for this question that is only tangentially mac related.
> 
> I like the minted package to typeset Python or other code in LaTeX, it's straightforward to use,
> includes syntax coloring and looks beautiful.
> 
> However, it does requires external programs and the --shell-escape option to typeset.
> 
> There is no problem when using it for my own work in TeXShop, but I have students that use school computers where the software installation and modification is not easy, or possible.
> 
> What alternatives can you recommend? The only one I could find is the old lstlistings package, but its output is downright ugly, and lacks syntax coloring (unless I'm missing something...).
> 
> TIA
> 
> Regards
> 
> Luís Sequeira

Howdy,

For TeX Live 2025 the minted package supplies it's own script, latexminted, which has been added to the available apps in restricted shell-escape mode (the default mode with TL installed by MacTeX). Therefore you no longer need to use shell-escape with minted.

One note though: if you modified that list to add local apps to the list and installed that in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-home/web2c as texmf.cnf you may need to edit that file to  match what's in /usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf for that variable.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs2 at mac.com