{verbatim} is about macros and environments like “\verb” and “verbatim” which implement some form of verbatim mode, i.e. change the {catcodes}. A popular package is {fancyvrb}. For questions about the {listings} or the {minted} package, use the respective tag instead.
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How to make letter spacing in verbatim/fancyvrb look like listings
I've just noticed that the spacing between letters is different in verbatim vs. lstlisting environments:
Given that I add the option columns=flexible to the lstlisting environment, the spacing in ...
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Preserving (and Controlling) Expandedness
In most cases, by the time output gets to your screen, arguments are fully expanded and my question is moot. But sometimes (verbatim being a common example), one wishes to operate on arguments with ...
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Insert a character in the beginning of each line in a special verbatim environment
How can I insert a special character or a symbol in the beginning of each line in a verbatim environment? In particular, there is a constraint that applies to the verbatim environment: it must be of a ...
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Beamercolortheme: How to set default color for all verbatim?
I want to change the color of all verbatim text in an existing beamer presentation. How do I do this easily?
I know how to use colored verbatim text in general, and I found a lot of suggestions here ...
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Purpose of \do@noligs in LaTeX verbatim environment
I'm trying to figure out how the verbatim environment works. In the basic LaTeX file latex.ltx I find the following definition (line 4037):
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Alternatives to $\backslash$
Background
Instead of marking up the text with bold or emphasis, I read (and agree) that it is better to define a command, or environment, that describes the content. Then apply text formatting ...
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How do I define a custom verbatim command?
I'm not quite sure how to describe this, but I want to create a custom command that treats its input as verbatim and allows some control of the output.
In pseudocode, I want:
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How do I get selective bold in Verbatim? [duplicate]
I previously wrote a computer professional book in which I showed what the user typed on the console and the computer's resultant output. The way I liked to do this was with everything in courier and ...
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is it possible to add line numbers to input files read using \verbatiminput?
I know one can use \usepackage{listings} which supports line numbers. And I use that for pdf files. But I also generate HTML using Latex2html, and l2h does not support this package. It only supports ...
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Format a verbatim paragraph
How can I format a verbatim paragraph? I.e. break, fill and join input lines to produce globally balanced output with the lengths of each line approaching the target \textwidth as closely as possible. ...
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Defining a new environment extending a verbatim environment
Why is it not possible to define a new environment that extends a verbatim environment?
Consider, e.g.:
\documentclass{article}
\newenvironment{myverbatim}{\tiny\begin{verbatim}}{\end{verbatim}}
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How to redefine an environment to produce no output?
I am using the verbatim environment with
\begin{verbatim}
XXXX
\end{verbatim}
I would like the option of redefining the verbatim environment so that nothing between \begin{verbatim} and ...
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LaTeX getting “Missing } inserted” error
I'm getting "Missing } inserted" error, when compiling with pdflatex and I really don't understand why. This is occurring in a beamer frame. Maybe someone comes up with something useful.
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Determine width of verbatim characters
I would like to determine how many characters of the verbatim font that fits on a text line. Consider:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\begin{document}
\noindent\hrulefill
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listing package and vbox warning
I have this many (see below) underfull warnings that are caused by using the listing package and creating \begin{lstlisting}\end{} to make code appear presentable. Is there a may to fix the warnings?
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Use sans-serif in a verbatim environment?
What is the right way get fancyvrb’s verbatim environment (or any other variation) to use \textsf as the font?
I can do it with:
\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}]
\textsf{Here’s some textsf.}
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Custom verbatim that sets all spaces (“ ”) as visible spaces (“␣”) that can line-break
It makes sense to typeset code in a monospaced font. Sometimes such code needs to be embedded in a paragraph context, and then it will be useful to allow it to linebreak. In order to visualize spaces ...
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How to show < and > correctly in output?
I am trying to write some XML tags as part of my text but I can not get the < and > symbols to come out right in the output. What am I missing?
I have tried both <tag> and \<tag\>, the ...
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How to make AUCTeX ignore syntax highlighting within environment
I have a problem with syntax highlighting in the Emacs editor using AUCTeX. The problem occurs in particular with the Verbatim environment from the fancyvrb package. Consider the following code:
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Problem with \acused from acronym package: Not in list of acronyms
When using the acronym package, acronyms marked with \acused{AC} are not contained in the list of acronyms.
However, I also cannot place \ac{AC}, \acs{AC}, or \acl{AC} since all of it is explained in ...
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Any way to show LaTeX example code *and* execute it? [duplicate]
In (La)TeX documentation and tutorials, it is common to show a snippet of code next to the output it generates. It might be two minipages side by side, or a code listing followed by boxed output, or ...
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Check for special character in verbatim environment
I would like to substitute a > in the beginning of each line of a Verbatim environment with another character. Consider:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyvrb,xstring}
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Create a new environment that uses a verbatim environment
Consider the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{environ}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{color}
\NewEnviron{vred}{%
\color{red}
\begin{verbatim}
\BODY
\end{verbatim}
}
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code-block directive causing error Empty verbatim environment
When I use directive .. code-block:: c in rst on Ubuntu 12.04 version
and compile using latexpdf
Error:
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/psnfss/t1pcr.fd)
! FancyVerb Error:
Empty verbatim ...
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How to draw box around text that contains a verbatim block.
Typically, to box in some text, I use the following:
\fbox {
\parbox{\linewidth}{
This is some text! Blah blah blah...
}
}
However, say I have a verbatim block within that. It will ...
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verbatim-like environment with optional arguments poorly behaved
[EDITED to show where I actually want to use the optional argument]
This question may be answered at How to pass an optional argument to an environment with verbatim content?, but I'm having a hard ...
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Optional arguments in verbatim environments
This question is a follow up to verbatim-like environment with optional arguments poorly behaved. Based on David Carlisle's suggestion, I manually looked for an optional argument and employed ...
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verbatim and CJK
I'm not familiar with chinese characters and fonts. But I have to type some characters into a document. XeLaTeX may be an option, but I'm looking for a solution with pdflatex. Here is my MWE, which I ...
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Macro \verb inside tabu environment
I would like to use the \verb command inside of a tabu enviroment. Here is my example
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabu}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabu}{lll}
a & \verb+\wedge+ & b\\
c ...
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How to pass an optional argument to an environment with verbatim content?
This is an attempt to make clear what happened in this question of xport (now deleted, sorry). The now deleted question included code that tried to make my answer to this question of xport work for ...
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Block element characters (pmboxdraw) are shown too wide in verbatim and Verbatim (fancyvrb) environments
I want to put source code into verbatim and Verbatim (fancyvrb) environments that uses box-drawing characters from codepage 850 (0xDB, 0xDC, 0xDF) (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_850). By ...
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lstlisting in a box?
My problem is that I am trying to write a document with coloured sections for examples. Examples can contain code listings. Somehow I can't seem to combine a background colouring with a listing, or ...
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How to embed verbatim in pspicture?
I'm trying to insert a QR code at the beginning of my thesis with the contents being the BibTeX entry for it.
Any way of embedding the raw text in \psbarcode?
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{minimal}
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How to write text within \begin{verbatim} and \end{verbatim} in same line?
I am stuck on the following problem and don't know how to solve it.
Here is my problem :
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{verbatim}'\hfill\end{verbatim} MKS' which puts the word ...
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How to add line numbers to a program listing/code?
How do I copy code in to latex to get a result which looks like this:
...Without the red bars of course. I don't know how to get the numbering on the left side when I compile LaTeX. Using \verbatim ...
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Highlighting code like one would in a SE post
When posting on SE, users can "highlight" code by using the ` symbol. Is there any way to get that in LaTeX?
My intention is to highlight segments of code or particular functions. To be clear, I'm ...
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How to include verbatim in a figure caption?
I would like to include verbatim in a caption of a figure. I only want part of it to be verbatim, not the entire caption. The simple approach does not work because verbatim is not allowed in arguments ...
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Merging bib files from within LaTeX
I have two .bib files that I want to use in my bibliography. Entries do not overlap. I have found quite a few forum topics on that, but none of them really satisfied me. So my idea is to merge the two ...
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How to get bengali font script as output written within verbatim package?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\begin{document}
\begin{verbatim}
$\alpha=\beta$
Here is my text.
এখানে আমার টেক্সট ।
\end{verbatim}
\end{document}
This gives the following output ...
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Why can't curly braces be used as a delimiter for \verb? i.e. \verb{foo}
When I try to do the following:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Hello \verb{foo}.
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How to get whole tex in the output document file with actual output?
Consider the following LaTeX document
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
\item Here is the 1st line.
\item Here is the 2nd line.
\end{enumerate}
...
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2answers
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Inserting LaTeX code into LaTeX
I have problem with adding text into LaTeX document. I have LaTeX document about LaTeX and I need to insert some code snippets. I need to add "\usepackage{musixtex}" as a text, which should be ...
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verbatim in two columns [duplicate]
I have a 2 column document that I wish to add some verbatim to.
However, when its added it spans both columns instead of remaining in one (what I need it to do).
Is there any way to do this? or an ...
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wrap listings package - Problem with verbatim argument
I would like to define a command that wraps a lstlisting environment in some other environments (esp. a minipage). I understand that working with verbatim arguments is a difficult task. I tried the ...
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Ceiling function within verbatim in latex
I am preparing a latex document. Inside the body of a function I need to use the ceiling function. How will I use the ceiling function inside verbatim?
\begin{verbatim}
Method a(b)
.
.
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Small square at the end of line when \verb and \verbatim [closed]
Hi every time I use \verb at the end of a line or \verbatim mode I get the output with a small black square at the end of the line. For example the output for
\verb!NumSectors * SectorsPerTrack!
is ...
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too many curly brace using verbdef
I would like to create an inline verbatim text for a regular expression. The verbdef package does not like when I put curly braces into its second argument. I tried with escaping backslashes but that ...
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How to print any command on the PDF document exactly like in the TeX file?
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
My text.
\end{document}
Here 'My text' is the output.But I want to get the following output:
\begin{document}
My text
\end{document}
Is there any way ...
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Using math mode escapes with listings enabled fancyvrb
I am trying to escape math mode within Verbatim, using this answer. This works fine, until I use the listings package with fancyvrb=true
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
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latex export of org-mode: verbatim block in a figure [closed]
What I would like to do is simple: wrap a verbatim code block within a Figure, so that I can refer to it elsewhere in my org-mode file. How is this achieved? A naive solution, which does not work, ...
