Listings and utf8 encoding

Kasper G. Christensen

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Mar 11, 2005, 2:06:37 AM3/11/05

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I would like to inklude som java-source in my LaTeX document. My
java-files are encoded in UTF-8, but when setting inputencoding=utf8 in
my lstlisting, I get errors from latex regarding danish letters. I have
constructed a little example without external files, that illustrates
the problem:

\documentclass{minimal}

\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage[danish]{babel}
\usepackage{listings}

\begin{document}
Here is some java code:
\lstset{language=java, inputencoding=utf8}
\begin{lstlisting}
public void test() {
//A danish letter in a comment: Å
System.out.println("Hello World!");
}
\end{lstlisting}
\end{document}

If i save the above example in UTF-8 and runs latex on it, I get errors:

! Package ucs Error: Unknown Unicode character 65533 = U+FFFD,
(ucs) possibly declared in uni-255.def.
(ucs) Type H to see if it is available with options.

See the ucs package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...

l.14 ...n kommentar med et dansk bogstav: ^^c3^^85

! Package utf8 Error: Character 133 appeared alone.

See the utf8 package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...

l.14 ...n kommentar med et dansk bogstav: ^^c3^^85

If I save the example in ISO8859-1 and changes the encodings to latin1,
everything works fine. Futhermore, if I doesn't use listings, UTF-8
encoding works fine (also with danish letters).

If I doesn't set any inputencoding for my listing, the situation is the
same: With UTF-8 I get errors.

Is this a bug in the listings-package, or am I overlooking something?

TIA

Kasper

Sebastian Schubert

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Mar 11, 2005, 4:17:16 AM3/11/05

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Kasper G. Christensen wrote:

> I would like to inklude som java-source in my LaTeX document. My
> java-files are encoded in UTF-8, but when setting inputencoding=utf8 in
> my lstlisting, I get errors from latex regarding danish letters.

[..]

> Is this a bug in the listings-package, or am I overlooking something?

I had almost the same problem: java and German letters. So I posted in the
German usegroup and there they agreed that it is probably a bug. Then I
sent a bug report to the author but still didn't get any reply... On CTAN,
there is no new version. So I guess you have to save the listing as e.g.
latin1.

Sebastian

Kasper G. Christensen

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Mar 15, 2005, 1:18:51 AM3/15/05

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> I had almost the same problem: java and German letters. So I posted in the
> German usegroup and there they agreed that it is probably a bug. Then I
> sent a bug report to the author but still didn't get any reply... On CTAN,
> there is no new version. So I guess you have to save the listing as e.g.
> latin1.

Thank you for your answer. At least it's not mee being stupid then ;-)

I'll check CTAN for a new version now and then. Should I send a
bug-report, or is there an official way to report and track bugs for a
package?

Best regards

Kasper

Robin Fairbairns

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Mar 15, 2005, 8:56:10 AM3/15/05

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unless the author sets up an "official" way of doing it, your only
chance is to send the author a bug report direct.
--
Robin (http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq) Fairbairns, Cambridge