Texments package not working on Ubuntu

Question

I am trying to use the Texments Latex package on Ubuntu to do syntax highlighting. Texments is a wrapper around Pygments. I installed Texments and followed the steps to add the style file to the path. But when I try to compile the .tex file, I get the error.

!Undefined Control Sequence

and then it prints out a bunch of wierd characters and places the ? prompt. Anybody facing this error? What is the resolution?

If there is any other better way to provide syntax highlighting of source code I would be glad to accept it.

I know there is something called "listings" but frankly, i did not find the colors so good in it.

Thanks,

Answer 1

Texments uses a special control sequence for pdftex to allow shell escapes, needed to call the pygmentize binary. You need to call it with pdflatex, and you need to pass pdflatex the -shell-escape switch. Cf. the texments documentation.

Answer 2

Perhaps you could give minted a try … it basically does the same as texments but has more features and is a little more robust in the face of errors.

_{Furthermore, as the maintainer of minted I’m always glad of error reports. ;-)}