{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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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votes
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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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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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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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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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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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votes
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fancy verbatim - bold letters for the first 4 columns
I am writing a book on Python and IPython. I want to insert in this book code listings of Python and IPython.
For the code itself I have no problem customizing listings for my intents.
Including ...
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votes
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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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votes
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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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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 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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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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votes
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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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votes
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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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votes
1answer
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Escaped characters in typewriter font
I know a number of ways to fix this (e.g. \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}), but I want to understand what's happening in the following example.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\$ \% ...
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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 you insert an inline verbatim?
I'm trying to add an inline verbatim into a \paragraph?
Was wondering how do you do that?
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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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votes
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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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votes
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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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votes
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unicode \begin{verbatim} with cmtt?
A lot of leading-edge programming languages (like Coq and Agda) allow nearly unrestricted use of unicode symbols in program text, so you can have math characters like $\otimes$ (Unicode U+2A02) as ...
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votes
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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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votes
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Is there any package similar to verbatim but with support for icons?
I am looking for a package that provides verbatim environments but also supports different background color, frame style and icons (tips, error, warning etc.) shown on the upper-left corner.
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votes
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\verb in csquotes
The following code gives me an error:
\documentclass[ngerman]{article}
\usepackage{babel,csquotes}
\begin{document}
\enquote{\verb|foo|}
\end{document}
I guess this is the classic "you can't use ...
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votes
3answers
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Hyperref using the wrong language script for \url?
In a mixed language document, I try to use a URL. Here is minimal input
demonstrating
\documentclass{article} % compile with xelatex
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
...
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votes
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typing \end{verbatim}
I am preparing a presentation in which I want to display the following as it is
\begin{verbatim}
foo
\end{verbatim}
For this I used
\begin{verbatim}
\begin{verbatim}
foo
\end{verbatim}
...
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votes
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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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votes
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How can I write % into a file?
How can I write % into an auxiliary file? % will not work, because LaTeX thinks that I start a comment with it (in the main file, not in the auxiliary file!), and \% will write \% into the file. How ...
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votes
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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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votes
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escape `|' in \verb
In LaTeX, if I use \verb, how can I escape |? For example, I want to display ab|bc: \verb|ab[]bc|. What should replace []?
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votes
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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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votes
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Difference between {\tt \{} and \verb+{+
Why is {\tt \{} typeset as an ordinary { and not the same as for instance \verb+{+?
To illustrate:
{\tt With tt:~ \{}
\verb+With verb: {+
yields
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votes
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How do I backcolor in verbatim?
I have some code I want to typeset as verbatim (lstlisting would be ok as well) - but I want to highlight some parts of it via a different background color, i.e. something like this:
\begin{verbatim}
...
9
votes
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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
...
9
votes
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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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Verbatim in environ’s \BODY
I’d like to print a TeX install guide for different OS, but the most text is the same for all OS. So I build the following
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{environ}
\newcommand{\mlw}[3]{}
...
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votes
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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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votes
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How to change color of some particular environment for entire document
I want to change color of particular environment in document.
For example wherever I found verbatim environment or equation environment appears in my tex file. With some global settings, I want to ...
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votes
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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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votes
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How can I have a verbatim text in specific sized box?
I am trying to typset the following
\resizebox{0.95\textwidth}{!}{%
\begin{verbatim}
require( "lattice" )
require( "grid" )
\end{verbatim}
}
I have a lot more to add to this box, and it needs ...
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votes
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Point to a Verbatim Line using TikZ
I'm trying to use TikZ in beamer to point to a line of code. Here's what I have so far:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[fragile,t]
...
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votes
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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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votes
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I need a customized verbatim environment
I would need a verbatim environment with the following behaviour:
It is centered (left and right distance to the page edge should be equal).
It can be much wider than the regular text, almost using ...
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votes
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Separate Verbatim into two columns
Is it possible to split a long verbatim simply into 2 columns? For example:
\begin{verbatim}
a
a
a
b
b
\end{verbatim}
result displayed (b starting at the middle of the page):
a b
a ...
