Why is {\tt \{} typeset as an ordinary { and not the same as for instance \verb+{+?
To illustrate:
{\tt With tt:~ \{}
\verb+With verb: {+
yields
[Tex/LaTex] Difference between {\tt \{} and \verb+{+
typewriterverbatim
Related Solutions
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{basicstyle=\ttfamily\small}
\begin{document}
foo
\lstinline{if (!(last_cond && (last_flags & (O_CREATE | O_EXCL))))}
bar
\end{document}
minted supports this since v2.0 (on CTAN since 2015/01/31):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{minted}
\begin{document}
You can use \mintinline{latex}{\mintinline{latex}{your $code$ goes here}} of
the minted~2 package to highlight source code inline. If you already use
\mintinline{latex}{\usepackage{minted}}
\end{document}
It is also possible to add a short verb sign:
from the Dokumentation:
\newmintinline['macro name']{'language'}{'options'}. If a 'macro name' is not specified, then the created macro is called\'language'inline
Best Answer
use
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}and it will be the same. Without theT1fontencoding the\{is taken from theOMSsymbol font.