htmlinline()verbatim
I would like to write something like this inline:
This is paragraph element
<p>
I'm using verbatim for writing the HTML element part, but cannot form everything in one line. I get something like this:
This is paragraph element
<p>
After looking through some answers on this forum I found that I should use \verb.
Can anyone help me correct my code:
This is paragraph element
\begin{verbatim}
<p>
\end{verbatim}
I don't know how to use catchfilebetweentags. I would write a script to extract each code section into its own file, then use the mcode package to include the file in the doc.
You might find mcode useful anyway, since it does the matlab syntax highlighting for you.
\lstinputlisting{/SOME/PATH/FILENAME.M}
\lstinputlisting[firstline=6, lastline=15]{/SOME/PATH/FILENAME.M}
The main problem with using your definition of myverbatim can be defined in terms of a combination of scope and macro replacement. That is, something that starts with
\begin{<some-env>}
is expected to end with
\end{<some-env>}
If it doesn't, there's a problem, since the scope is not clearly defined. In your case, you start it with
\begin{myverbatim}
which is internally replaced with (removing the font change to \tiny for now)
\begin{verbatim}
Now, since you're in the verbatim environment (that is, a successful call was made to \begin{verbatim}), LaTeX starts gobbling up contents and printing them as-is until it arrives at a single line of code that resembles
\end{verbatim}
That's just how the verbatim environment works. It it looking for the stopping point. However, this never happens since the replacement of \end{myverbatim} (in your code) to \end{verbatim} (as per your definition) never occurs within the verbatim environment; verbatim doesn't perform the replacement of macros with their definitions. As such, TeX just keeps on scanning, producing what is considered a "Runaway argument" error.
Taking the above into account, a broad view on the replacement leaves your MWE to resemble (I've added a comment):
\documentclass{article}
\newenvironment{myverbatim}{\tiny\begin{verbatim}}{\end{verbatim}}
\begin{document}
\tiny\begin{verbatim}% Replacement text for \begin{myverbatim}
test
\end{myverbatim}% No replacement since you're in the verbatim environment
\end{document}
Clearly the above doesn't start and end with the same environment.
If you want to have more flexibility with verbatim, use the verbatim package which allows you to do the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verbatim}% http://ctan.org/pkg/verbatim
\newenvironment{myverbatim}%
{\endgraf\tiny\verbatim}%
{\endverbatim}
\begin{document}
Some text before.
\begin{myverbatim}
test
test
\end{myverbatim}
Some text after.
\end{document}
The verbatim package is a means to obtain your desired solution, just like fancyvrb and listings would be. Of course, a more rudimentary implementation (specific to your case) would be to merely change the font used by verbatim - stored in the macro \verbatim@font:
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\verbatim@font}{\tiny\ttfamily}
\makeatother
Sure you can just precede the verbatim environment with \tiny and it will work just as well, but \verbatim@font is called within the verbatim environment, and therefore is constrained to only function there, not outside of it.
Best Answer
To typeset inline verbatim-like material, it's best to use the macros
\verband\Verb; the latter is provided by thefancyvrbpackage. If that package is loaded and the instruction\VerbatimFootnotesis executed, one can even have\Verbinstructions in footnotes. (One can't do this with\verb.)Note that
\verband\Verbdon't use matching pairs of curly braces ({and}) to delimit their arguments; instead, use any non-letter symbol (except "*") that doesn't occur in the verbatim material itself. (Even\verb{<p>{is legal, though I'll be the first one to state that it looks positively weird.)If you prefer to render the inline verbatim material using the "regular" text font instead of a monospaced font, consider loading the
listingspackage and writing "Paragraph element \lstinline{<p>}".