hilite.sty

\makeatletter

\newwrite\shellout@out
\def\shellout@writeout@start#1{%
  \begingroup
  \immediate\openout\shellout@out#1%
  \let\do\@makeother\dospecials%
  \catcode`\^^M\active%
  \def\verbatim@processline{%
    \immediate\write\shellout@out{\the\verbatim@line}}%
}%

\def\shellout@writeout@end{%
  \immediate\closeout\shellout@out\endgroup%
}%

\newcounter{shellout@shell@id}
\counterwithin{shellout@shell@id}{paragraph}

\def\shellout@setup#1{%
  \stepcounter{shellout@shell@id}%
  \gdef\shellout@shell@cmd{#1}%
  \gdef\shellout@shell@infile{\theshelloutcacheprefix.\theshellout@[email protected]}%
  \gdef\shellout@shell@outfile{\theshelloutcacheprefix.\theshellout@[email protected]}%
}

\def\shellout@shell@start#1{%
  \shellout@setup{#1}%
  \shellout@writeout@start{\shellout@shell@infile}%
}%

\def\shellout@shell@perform{%
  \ifx\shellout@cachemode 0%
    \immediate\write18{./bin/shellout \shellout@shell@infile'' \shellout@shell@outfile'' \shellout@shell@cmd''}%
  \fi%
  \immediate\input{\shellout@shell@outfile}%
}

\def\shellout@shell@end{%
\shellout@writeout@end%
\noindent\obeyspaces\shellout@shell@perform%
}

\def\shelloutone#1{%
  \stepcounter{shellout@shell@id}%
  \gdef\shellout@shell@cmd{#1}%
  \gdef\shellout@shell@infile{/dev/null}%
  \gdef\shellout@shell@outfile{\theshelloutcacheprefix.\theshellout@[email protected]}%
  \shellout@shell@perform%
}

\def\shelloutcacheprefix#1{
  \gdef\theshelloutcacheprefix{#1}
}

\shelloutcacheprefix{\jobname}

\def\shelloutcachemode{\let\shellout@cachemode1}%
\def\shelloutnocachemode{\let\shellout@cachemode0}%
\shelloutnocachemode%

\newenvironment{shellout}[1]{
  \begingroup
  \@bsphack%
  \shellout@shell@start{#1}%
  \verbatim
}{
  \endverbatim%
  \@esphack

  \shellout@shell@end%
  \endgroup
}

\gdef\rouge@bin{rougify}
\def\hilitestyle#1{
  \shelloutone{\rouge@bin'' style --tex #1''}%
}

\def\hilite@defaultlang{text}
\def\hilitedefaultlang#1{%
  \def\hilite@defaultlang{#1}%
}

\newenvironment{hilite}[1][\hilite@defaultlang]{%
\renewenvironment{RG*}{\hilite@block@start}{\hilite@block@end}%
\begingroup%
\gdef\rouge@lexer{#1}%
\@bsphack%
\shellout@shell@start{\rouge@bin'' -l \rouge@lexer'' --escape-with '<@' '@>' -f tex}%
\verbatim@start%
}{%
\@esphack%
\endgroup%
\noindent\shellout@shell@end%
}

\newcommand\hl[1][\hilite@defaultlang]{\gdef\thelexer{#1}\Collectverb{\hl@}}
\def\hl@#1{%
  \shellout@setup{\rouge@bin'' -l \thelexer'' --escape-with '<@' '@>' -f tex}%
  \immediate\openout\shellout@out\shellout@shell@infile%
  \immediate\write\shellout@out{#1}%
  \immediate\closeout\shellout@out%
  \shellout@shell@perform%
}

\def\hiliteblockenv#1#2{
  \def\hilite@block@start{#1}%
  \def\hilite@block@end{#2}%
}

\def\hiliteinlineenv#1#2{
  \def\hilite@inline@start{#1}%
  \def\hilite@inline@end{#2}%
}

\makeatother

main.tex

\hilitestyle{magritte}
\hilitedefaultlang{ruby}

\hiliteblockenv{\begin{custombox}\color{RG@fgcolor}\ttfamily}{\end{custombox}}
\hiliteinlineenv{\ttfamily}{\relax}

Code can be included in blocks:

\begin{hilite}
def hello
  puts "a string\n"
end
\end{hilite}

with escaped content:

\begin{hilite}
def even?(x) x % 2 == 0; end
\end{hilite}

in other languages:

\begin{hilite}[python]
def is_even(n):
    return n % 2 == 0
\end{hilite}

or even inline, like the \verb|\verb| command. Ruby methods are defined using \hl|def foo|,
javascript functions are defined with \hl[js]|function foo() { ... }|. Latex commands take the
form \hl[tex]|\def\commandname#1#2{body}|.

We can even escape back into TeX (the callout uses the \verb|--escape| flag):

\begin{hilite}
def fancy
  puts _ <@ \hfill \textcolor{gray}{\emph{a fancy comment, rendered in beautiful LaTeX}} @>
end
\end{hilite}