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From: chris@trantor.umd.edu (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: How can I get a varbatim that _does_ execute the imbedded commands
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Date: 14 Feb 88 00:39:52 GMT
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In article <1069@uop.edu> exodus@uop.edu (G.Onufer) writes:
>I am new to TeX and I am starting out with LaTeX ....  Is there a way
>of having verbatim but have it execute the commands within
>(ie.  \tt + carriage returns + imbedded italics and boldface) ???

Stop thinking of this as `verbatim' (clearly it is not!) and the
solution becomes obvious.  Tell LaTeX to use \tt, obey line
breaks (but see the suggestion in The LaTeXbook as to why not),
and obey spaces.  In Plain TeX (my LaTeX is uncertain):

	{\tt \obeyspaces \obeylines
	text...}
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