Bug#475746: listings: 'Assembler' and 'Basic' languages don't work

[Eugene V. Lyubimkin]

Package: texlive-latex-base
Version: 2007-13
Severity: normal

The command

\begin{lstlisting}[language=Assembler]

or the command

\begin{lstlisting}[language=Basic]

produce an error:

! Package Listings Error: Couldn't load requested language.


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[Frank Küster]

Post by Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Package: texlive-latex-base
Version: 2007-13
Severity: normal
The command
\begin{lstlisting}[language=Assembler]
or the command
\begin{lstlisting}[language=Basic]
! Package Listings Error: Couldn't load requested language.

You have to do it right, it seems you can't use languages with dialects
without specifiying one, even if there is only one:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}


\begin{document}
foo

\begin{lstlisting}[language={[x86masm]Assembler}]
A
\end{lstlisting}

or the command

\begin{lstlisting}[language={[Visual]Basic}]
A
\end{lstlisting}
bar

\end{document}

However, it seems to me this could be clearer in the documentation. I
didn't read it like someone interested in the package, only like someone
interested in the bug - do you have a suggestion where this should be
explained?

Regards, Frank

[Eugene V. Lyubimkin]

Post by Frank Küster

Post by Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Package: texlive-latex-base
Version: 2007-13
Severity: normal
The command
\begin{lstlisting}[language=Assembler]
or the command
\begin{lstlisting}[language=Basic]
! Package Listings Error: Couldn't load requested language.

You have to do it right, it seems you can't use languages with dialects
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\begin{document}
foo
\begin{lstlisting}[language={[x86masm]Assembler}]
A
\end{lstlisting}
or the command
\begin{lstlisting}[language={[Visual]Basic}]
A
\end{lstlisting}
bar
\end{document}
However, it seems to me this could be clearer in the documentation. I
didn't read it like someone interested in the package, only like someone
interested in the bug - do you have a suggestion where this should be
explained?
Regards, Frank

Thanks, it works.

I didn't read official documentation. I've just mentioned that
'language=C++' works, but 'language=Basic' does not, so thought that it
is a bug.
I think this can be explained at section that tells about 'listings'
package, it would be logical.

[Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard]

Hi,

Post by Eugene V. Lyubimkin

Post by Frank Küster
You have to do it right, it seems you can't use languages with dialects

I'm afraid this is a bit more complicated: you can use a language with
dialects without specifying one only if there is a default dialect for this
language (see table 1, p 12 of the doc). For example, there is a default
dialect for TeX, namely plain, so you can say :

\begin{lstlistings}[language=TeX]

But, somehow surprisingly, there is no predefined default dialect for Basic,
though there is only one dialect. Anyway, you can define a default dialect for
this language with

\lstset{defaultdialect=[Visual]Basic}

in your preamble for example.

Post by Eugene V. Lyubimkin
I think this can be explained at section that tells about 'listings'
package, it would be logical.

Hum, in LaTeX, each package has a separate documentation. For listings, the
documentation is in

/usr/share/doc/texlive-latex-recommended-doc/latex/listings/listings.pdf

and can easily be found by typing 'texdoc listings' in a terminal.

By the way, I would expect section 2.4 of the documentation to mention the
fact that the "optional" argument for the dialect is actually mandatory for
languages without predefined default dialect...

Best,
Manuel.