New on CTAN: xlistings
Date: August 18, 2026 1:02:19 PM CEST
Florian Sihler submitted the
xlistings
package.
Version: 1.0.0 2026-08-17
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Opinionated extensions to the listings package
Announcement text:
xlistings is an opinionated extension to the listings package. It provides a simpler front-end for code blocks, language-sensitive highlighting of numbers (hexadecimal literals, exponents, and type suffixes such as 10L in Java or 3j in Python), a drop-in replacement for the minted environment, per-language wrapper macros and environments, non-selectable line numbers based on accsupp, language badges, and definitions for a set of common languages that are loaded on demand. This is the first release on CTAN. Language definitions are installed as xlistings-<language>.cfg. Both \LoadLanguages{<language>} and private, unprefixed <language>.cfg files continue to work unchanged. The package is licensed under the LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c. Sources, issue tracker, and documentation: https://github.com/EagleoutIce/xlistings
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/xlistings The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xlistings/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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xlistings is an opinionated extension to the listings package. It provides a simpler front-end for code blocks, language-sensitive highlighting of numbers (hexadecimal literals, exponents, and type suffixes such as 10L in Java or 3j in Python), a drop-in replacement for the minted environment, per-language wrapper macros and environments, non-selectable line numbers based on accsupp, language badges, and definitions for a set of common languages that are loaded on demand. This is the first release on CTAN. Language definitions are installed as xlistings-<language>.cfg. Both \LoadLanguages{<language>} and private, unprefixed <language>.cfg files continue to work unchanged. The package is licensed under the LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c. Sources, issue tracker, and documentation: https://github.com/EagleoutIce/xlistings
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/xlistings The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/xlistings/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
Xlistings – Opinionated extensions to the listings package
This package extends listings with an easier front-end for code blocks: language-sensitive highlighting of numbers (including hexadecimal literals, exponents and type suffixes), a drop-in minted environment, per-language wrapper macros and environments, non-selectable line numbers based on accsupp, language badges, and opinionated definitions for a set of common languages that are loaded on demand.
The bundle also contains code-link, which collects definitions while a document is typeset and links every occurrence of them in listings, xlistings and minted blocks. It works without xlistings as well.
| Package | Xlistings |
| Version | 1.1.0 |
| Copyright | 2024–2026 Florian Sihler |
| Maintainer | Florian Sihler |