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From: mernst@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Michael Ernst)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Verbatim environment in macro argument
Message-ID: <MERNST.90Jul9133647@emu.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 9 Jul 90 20:36:47 GMT
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I would like to pass a macro an argument containing a verbatim environment,
but when I do so, the closing brace of the argument seems to be ignored.
Can someone help me out of my predicament?

A simple example follows; my \foo is actually a little more complex, but
this demonstrates the behavior.

The file:
 \documentstyle{article}
 \begin{document}
 
 \long\def\foo#1{#1}
 
 \foo{
 \begin{verbatim}
 bar
 \end{verbatim}
 }				%% <=== This brace is getting lost
 
 \end{document}

I hoped that this would give me ``bar'' in typewriter font.
 
The actual result:
 Runaway argument?
  bar \end {verbatim} ^^M^^M\end{document}^^M
 ! File ended while scanning use of \@xverbatim.
 <inserted text>
                 \par
 <*> &lplain test-verb.tex
 
 ?
					 Thanks,

					-Michael Ernst
					 mernst@theory.lcs.mit.edu