You can copy highlighted code straight from VS Code to any rich text editor supporting HTML input. For highlighting code in LaTeX, there are two options:

• listings, which is a common package and simple to set up, but you may run into some restrictions of it and LaTeX around Unicode
• minted, a LaTeX package wrapping the Pygments syntax highlighting library. It needs a few more steps to set up, but provides unrestricted support for Unicode when combined with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTex.

## Example with listings

Save lstlean.tex into the same directory, or anywhere in your TEXINPUTS path, as the following test file:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\usepackage{color}
\definecolor{keywordcolor}{rgb}{0.7, 0.1, 0.1}   % red
\definecolor{tacticcolor}{rgb}{0.0, 0.1, 0.6}    % blue
\definecolor{commentcolor}{rgb}{0.4, 0.4, 0.4}   % grey
\definecolor{symbolcolor}{rgb}{0.0, 0.1, 0.6}    % blue
\definecolor{sortcolor}{rgb}{0.1, 0.5, 0.1}      % green
\definecolor{attributecolor}{rgb}{0.7, 0.1, 0.1} % red

\def\lstlanguagefiles{lstlean.tex}
% set default language
\lstset{language=lean}

\begin{document}
\begin{lstlisting}
theorem funext {f₁ f₂ : ∀ (x : α), β x} (h : ∀ x, f₁ x = f₂ x) : f₁ = f₂ := by
show extfunApp (Quotient.mk f₁) = extfunApp (Quotient.mk f₂)
apply congrArg
apply Quotient.sound
exact h
\end{lstlisting}
\end{document}


Compile the file via

\$ pdflatex test.tex

• for older LaTeX versions, you might need to use [utf8x] instead of [utf8] with inputenc

## Example with minted

First install Pygments. Then save lean4.py, which contains an version of the Lean highlighter updated for Lean 4, and the following sample LaTeX file test.tex into the same directory:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
% switch to a monospace font supporting more Unicode characters
\setmonofont{FreeMono}
\usepackage{minted}
% instruct minted to use our local theorem.py
\newmintinline[lean]{lean4.py:Lean4Lexer -x}{bgcolor=white}
\newminted[leancode]{lean4.py:Lean4Lexer -x}{fontsize=\footnotesize}

\begin{document}
% some example options
\begin{minted}[mathescape,
linenos,
numbersep=5pt,
frame=lines,
framesep=2mm]{Lean}
theorem funext {f₁ f₂ : ∀ (x : α), β x} (h : ∀ x, f₁ x = f₂ x) : f₁ = f₂ := by
show extfunApp (Quotient.mk f₁) = extfunApp (Quotient.mk f₂)
apply congrArg
apply Quotient.sound
exact h
\end{minted}
\end{document}


You can then compile test.tex by executing the following command:

xelatex --shell-escape test.tex


Some remarks:

• either xelatex or lualatex is required to handle Unicode characters in the code.
• --shell-escape is needed to allow xelatex to execute pygmentize in a shell.
• If the chosen monospace font is missing some Unicode symbols, you can direct them to be displayed using a fallback font or other replacement LaTeX code.
\usepackage{newunicodechar}
\newfontfamily{\freeserif}{DejaVu Sans}
\newunicodechar{✝}{\freeserif{✝}}
\newunicodechar{𝓞}{\ensuremath{\mathcal{O}}}

• minted has a "helpful" feature that draws red boxes around characters the chosen lexer doesn't recognize. Since the Lean lexer cannot encompass all user-defined syntax, it is advisable to work around this feature.