On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 11:20 +0100, Manveru wrote:
> 2009/2/22 Nikos Alexandris <nikos.alexand...@felis.uni-freiburg.de>:
> > [ I am posting a listing-related problem here instead of starting a new
> > thread. ]
> >
> > I now realise how powerful is the listing package. I used some R code
> > and setting the fonts to BeraMono gives a very nice and highlighted code
> > in the output.
> >
> > There is only one *important* problem though: usually the _backticks_
> > (used in *nix-like OSes to execute a command within, let's say, from
> > another command) appear as to have a top-left to bottom-right direction.
> > With my current setting (Typewriter font set to BeraMono and language
> > set to _bash_) the _backticks_ look very similar to the... well, the
> > _ticks_!
> >
> > I guess it's a font-specific issue. Too bad because Bera looks great.
> >
> > Any other recommendation? Kind regards, Nikos
>
> If you use bash, there is another form of commands substitution other
> than `backticks`. It is $(command) form. It may solve problems with
> formatting and become more recognizable in your code examples.
>
Manveru, thanks for the tip. However, I insist in using the backticks.
It's easy and gives a bettwe overview in a command like...
NEWNAME="MOD${YEAR}_${RESOLUTION}_`echo ${i} | cut -d':' -f5
| cut -d"_" -f1,2,3 | sed 's+\_1++g' | sed 's+\_250m++g' |
sed 's+\_500m++g'`"
Cheers, Nikos
