{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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Getting those %#!^& signs in the footnote!

This is basically an expanded version of part of Control command arguments . The original questioner there wants to redefine \href so that all the links end up in foonotes (rather than in the main ...
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Verbatim environment and line-breaking

I've been wondering about how to display simple codes. I used verbatim and then found the fancyvrb package which added a lot of nice little features, but then I inserted some code with a long line and ...
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How can I provide a verbatim (unescaped) commandline for executing with \write18?

When using \write18 to execute shell commands, there are some cases where lots of backslash strings, and other 'special' LaTeX characters are required in the commandline to be executed (e.g. if a ...
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Verbatim environment that can break too long lines?

I want to generate a PDF of user-submitted text using LaTeX. To handle crazy user input, I first thought about using the verbatim package, but of course it doesn't break up too long lines. Is there ...
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typesetting different characters with different colors in a DNA sequence

I have created a macro which I used to format DNA sequences, as they should be in the monospaced font and uppercased: \newcommand{\DNA}[1]{\texttt{\uppercase{#1}}} Now I have a column with some ...
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Colored background in inline listings

I would like to make inline code more distinguishable from the text surrounding it, and I thought that using a background might work (like it is done on the stackexchange pages.) Since I use the ...
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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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How to put \verb command inside of \textbf{} block?

It looks like you can't use \verb|...| inside of \textbf{...}. I tried the following: \textbf{Be very careful when using \verb|-i| as it's destructive and it's not reversible!} And got this error: ...
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Verbatim text can't be shown correctly in pdf

I try to change the font of verbatim text as below % Used by @verbatim ... @endverbatim \newenvironment{DoxyVerb}{% \verbatim% \fontencoding{OT1}\fontfamily{ptm}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}% ...
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Wrapping code (listings, verbatim, or other method) inside a newcommand

For some teaching I've been doing, I'd like to have code from two different languages side-by-side. To do so, I hacked together a newcommand which uses a tabular environment to arrange two verb ...
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When should one use \verb and when \texttt

Sometimes people here use \verb!A SHORT COMMAND! and sometimes \textt{A SHORT COMMAND}. I'm unsure when to use which. Are there any guidelines or arguments for \verbatim vs. \texttt?
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Manual highlight of TeX code in a verbatim environment

Friends, I'm stuck with a unusual situation: I'm trying to highlight specific words of a TeX code inside a verbatim environment. I know listings can help me by defining a set of keywords, but in this ...
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How to obtain verbatim text in a footnote?

I want to employ a \verb command in a footnote. But, when I run pdflatex on \documentclass{article} \begin{document} I want this.\footnote{\verb|But, it does not work!|} \end{document} I get ...
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Write environment body verbatim to a file

How can one write the body of an environment verbatim to an external file. I tried the following but get problems if the body contains undefined macros (error) or e.g. a % (disappears in the output). ...
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Making more easy the itemized of item with tabulation system

Actually, isn’t not really a question. (Since my examinations get close, I don't really have the time to search for a solution to my problems.) Rather than using the common \item, I'd like to use ...
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Verbatim description list item

How do I make an item in a description list verbatim? \verb in \item[] seems to be not allowed: \begin{description} \item[\verb+list comprehension [f a | a <- M a]+] bla bla bla ...
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Verbatim inside a command

I have a question about a Verbatim, I want to write a word inside of the subsubsection title. I got an error. How can I fix it?: \subsubsection{The \verb+@interface+ Section}
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Writing { and } to a file with LaTeX

How can the special characters { and } be written literally to an external file in LaTeX, without being balanced? Obviously the following does not work: \immediate\write\my@outfile{{} ...
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verbatim useable with a newenvironment definition?

I'm trying to create a simple newenvironment allowing me to display source code in a verbatim text block with a caption, numbering etc. The solution I'm after is with the in-built LaTeX 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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Include Sweave input as verbatim

How do I keep Sweave from compiling things in a verbatim environment? For example: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \begin{verbatim} <<>>= 1+1 @ \end{verbatim} \end{document} ...
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LaTeX documentation with verbatim environment

I am trying to document some LaTeX macros concerning marginals. I think a good way for the documentation would be the LaTeX code on the verso page and the output on the recto page. So I came up with ...
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Background color in Verbatim

I've to use the yellow background for data values in the following code. \usepackage \begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}] \color{blue}DATA \color{black}Heart; \color{blue}INPUT \color{black}X Y @@; ...
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beamer's fragile frame as default

Is there a way to specify fragile mode as default for all frames? Now I know how to define a fragile frame: \begin{frame}[fragile].
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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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Displaying `\begin{verbatim}…\end{verbatim}` inside the environment verbatim

I would like to display \begin{verbatim}...\end{verbatim} inside the environment verbatim like in the folowing piece of code. Is it possible ? \begin{verbatim} Bla, bla, ...
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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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Using minted to define a new environment

Can I define a newenvironment that has inside it a minted environment? eg and environment that would be a quickhand for the following code: \begin{figure}[htp] \centering ...
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Problem with TikZ, beamer and verbatim

I'm trying to put verbatim text inside a node (in a beamer frame): \begin{frame}[fragile]{P} \tikzstyle{cell} = [rectangle, draw, thin , fill=black!10 , minimum size=5mm] \begin{tikzpicture}[node ...
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\pause won't generate extra slides in a containsverbatim frame

It seems that the [containsverbatim] option when applied to a frame prevents beamer from generating intermediate slides if text animation is wanted in it. Only the first step of the animation is ...
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In LuaLaTeX, how do I pass the content of an environment to Lua verbatim?

In LuaLaTeX, how would I go about capturing the content of an environment for (verbatim) processing by Lua? For example, consider something like \begin{foobar} Hello {World} \end{foobar} I'd like ...
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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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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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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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Putting in MATLAB codes in a box as figures?

how do I put MATLAB codes in a box or deal with them as if they are figures? Is there a way to do it within LaTeX itself? I am currently using the verbatim environment to present my codes and to be ...
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How can I redefine the \verb|…| command?

I'd like to redefine the \verb|...| command so that it had a light-gray background and a little bit darker border around it, and a little bit of padding to make this background "box" noticable. Anyone ...
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Ensure verbatim code block is copy/paste-able

After rendering a document containing this code block \begin{verbatim} if [ ! -d .git ]; then git init; fi # Initialises a new Git repository, if doesn't already exist. if [ ! -f README.md ]; ...
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Hard whitespace

I am using plainTeX and would like to typeset some (python) code examples. Switching to \tt gets me partway there, but I (obviously) need the whitespace respected. Is there a trick for doing this? The ...
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How do I use mathematical symbols in verbatim mode?

How can I get mathematical symbols in verbatim mode? If I use them, for example \equiv, it is just reproduced as is in the pdf.
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LaTeX Verbatim Source Code Beside the Typeset Output

I am a beginner to LaTeX, and I am reading Leslie Lamport's A Document Preparation System. In various places of his book, he puts the LaTeX source code beside the output obtained by running latex on ...
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Produce a hyperlinked DOI?

Friends, I'm trying to write a command that prints appropriately hyperlinked DOIs for a bibliography system. Here was my first attempt \newcommand{\formatdoi}[1]{\href{http://dx.doi.org/#1}{#1}} ...
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In-line \verb — overfull hbox problem

I'm having a problem that I've had before and I'm tired of hacking my way through it and hope that there is some supported solution. I'll go ahead and create a document for example: \documentclass ...
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control vertical space before and after verbatim environment?

How do I control how much vertical space appears before and after a verbatim environment? With the following source (run through pdflatex): \documentclass[varwidth]{standalone} \begin{document} text ...
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Superscripts in verbatim environment

I have some lines in a verbatim environment ... \begin{verbatim} line 1 * line 2 line 3 * line 4 line 5 \end{verbatim} ... at the beginning of some lines I want to add a number ...
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verbatim with black background and white text

How could I set up a verbatim-environment which has black background white text in scriptsize ?
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How to force line breaks within a fancyvrb verbatim environment?

Consider the following LaTeX document: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fancyvrb} \DefineVerbatimEnvironment{example}{Verbatim}{commandchars=\\\{\}} \begin{document} \begin{example} Foo\\{}Bar ...
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Define my own short-verb like macro?

I'm trying to define shorthand macros for \texttt that are a bit like the \verb ones. The end result is to do +asdf+ and this have the same effect as \texttt{asdf}. This is like the DefineShortVerb ...
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Include binary data

How do I include binary data (e.g. the contents of a binary file) in a LaTeX generated PDF-document? If I just copy and paste them into a verbatim environment it results in garbage.
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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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is it possible to define a verbatim{} command?

Is it possible to define a verbatim{} command that I could use instead of the environment? \begin{verbatim} \end{verbatim}

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