Daniel Fleischer writes: > Here is the hint: since "minted" is using a python package (pygments) for > the highlighting, one need to add the "-shell-escape" to the call. Other > than that, everything works as planned. Since it's a specific > configuration for using "minted", I'll add a comment in the manual. > > If you feel that there is still an issue with the [], please provide an > emacs -Q recipe that shows it, after adding the "-shell-escape" flag. Ah, That's the deal. Updating The Manual Will do the trick Thanks for taking time and looking up at this issue .