I just started using the minted
package. When I insert tabs as indentation, it gives me a bunch of characters instead:
However, when I copy the example from the documentation it seems to work fine. I tried experimenting with the obeytabs
and showtabs
options but I can't get rid of the characters. I'm using xelatex
with TexLive 2011 in TexShop. All files are up to date.
Here's a MWE (please note as pointed out in the comments that the indentation in the code is supposed to be tabs and not spaces):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{minted}
\newminted{python}{linenos}
\begin{document}
\begin{minted}[linenos]{python}
def all(iterable):
for i in iterable:
if not i:
return False
return True
\end{minted}
\end{document}
Edit: I noticed something strange: When I change the typesetting engine back to pdflatex
, it seems to be working, but then I can't load the fontspec
package. So I guess this is related to xelatex
?
I'm using xelatex --file-line-error --shell-escape --synctex=1
Best Answer
This looks like a manifestation of the problem discussed in this question – xe(la)tex has a bug that makes it write tabs incorrectly. The fix discussed there is to pass the
-8bit
command-line option toxelatex
. It is said (by someone who seems pretty knowledgeable) here that "this may have adverse effects on the writing of aux files," but I am not sure what those may be.