From: Sean Chittenden <sean@...>
Date: 2001-12-09T08:26:08+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27982] Re: Displaying Ruby code in LaTeX

> Has anyone written a document in LaTeX that includes examples of Ruby
> code?

Yup.

> I'm having all sorts of problems, because Ruby uses many characters
> that mean something to LaTeX.  I tried to escape everything that was
> conflicting, but it's becoming a nightmare.

Yeah, it's a tad annoying.  What I'll typically do is write my chunk
of ruby, then use a query replace in emacs to change the $'s, &'s,
%'s, #'s, _'s, and {}'s to their respective escaped character.

$ = \$
& = \&
% = \%
# = \#
_ = \_
{ = \{
} = \}

> I even tried the verbatim environment, but that seems to screw up
> the indentation in a lot of cases.

Ugh... not so nice.

> So, can anyone give me an example of doing this, or suggest how I
> might attack it?

Write a section of ruby, then escape a section of ruby.  You could try
using the LyX program though which is pretty sweet and does most of
this for you.  -sc

-- 
Sean Chittenden