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Saving in macros plus \scantokens as an alternative to external files
I am generating a lot of TeX code automatically using Python scripts. I've been saving the TeX code to file, and then bringing those files into my documents at the appropriate places via \input. ...
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Incompatibility between verbatim and tabu? (Danger of using \scantokens in a package)
With the following MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{tabu}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\verbatim@processline
{%
\begin{tabu}to\textwidth{|l|X[-1,l]|}
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3
votes
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checking for whitespace inside verbatim environment
I would like to determine whether a line inside a verbatim environment starts with 3 spaces.
I'm using pdflatex and the \pdfmatch primitive. I see that the verbatim environment sets the category ...
3
votes
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Possible to use certain delimiters for macros with fancyvrb?
In this document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\DefineVerbatimEnvironment{AVerb}{Verbatim}{commandchars=\\\{\}}
\def\foo#1-#2;{}
\begin{document}
\begin{AVerb}
\foo x-z;
...
3
votes
2answers
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How listing and verbatim do to escape special character?
I use one macro to display text using texttt style. For the moment this macro is very basic. For example, if I want to use the character _, its catcode must be changed.
Is there a clever way to ...
2
votes
1answer
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A simple implementation of comment/verbatim: drawbacks?
While considering how to exclude \items in Yossi Farjoun's recently active question onlyitems? How to select specific items from an item list, I thought I would do what I proposed in my first answer: ...
2
votes
1answer
255 views
Potential problems from passing macro arguments to \verb
I've been working on a command that will typeset snippets of code within a paragraph. I'm aware of listings and company, but I want something that will just typeset the code verbatim and also allow ...
2
votes
2answers
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ignorespace and unskip in verbatim/listings?
I am writing a \bashDemo macro that will (a) execute its argument in a shell, e.g., bash, script, and (b) display the argument in a listings. So,
\bashDemo
ls -ls > myfiles
\END
will both run ls ...
