[Tex/LaTex] newcommand for verbatim

macrosverbatim

I'm trying to write a \newcommand for verbatim:

\newcommand{\codeline}[1]{\begin{verbatim}{#1}\end{verbatim}}

and use it as

\codeline{int foo;}

but it gives an error "File ended while scanning use of \@xverbatim". How to fix it?

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If you want a simple implementation, go with

\newcommand[1]{{\small\texttt{#1}}}

If you want more detailed control, you should go with fancyvrb or minted packages.

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[Tex/LaTex] Alias for verbatim environment

A general rule is that you can't have \begin{verbatim} or the \verb command in the argument to another command, including an argument to \newcommand.

If you really want to use that syntax, you of course can't have braces in the argument and hope that they will be printed as themselves: either they delimit the argument or they must be printed.

If this limitation satisfies you, then

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\vb}{%
  \begingroup
  \advance\@totalleftmargin\parindent
  \@verbatim
  \catcode`{=1 \catcode`}=2 \catcode` =10
  \frenchspacing
  \@vb}
\def\@vb#1{#1\endtrivlist\endgroup} 
\makeatother

will allow you to write

\vb{
    word.
  }

I don't think this is a great improvement than saying

\begin{verbatim}
word.
\end{verbatim}

If you want a margin indent of the verbatim, look at the option xleftmargin in to the Verbatim environment provided by the package fancyvrb.

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