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In article <1992Sep1.123134.7107@cs.cornell.edu>, raman@cs.cornell.edu
(T. V. Raman) writes:

|  I would like to have a macro of the following type:
|  \term#1 which expands to \verb|#1| but do not know how to write it.

I've been using the following hack for years now, and I would find it
difficult to live without it when writing software manuals:

%~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
%  Verbatim term
%~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

%%%  Write \|word| to typeset "word" in verbatim \tt font.

\def\|{\begingroup \catcode``=13 \@noligs 
\tt \let\do\@makeother \dospecials 
\obeyspaces \frenchspacing \def\@tempa ##1|{##1\endgroup}\@tempa}

%~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My borrowing the "\|" signs to indicate the start of a verbatim term
means that there's some kind of sophisticated mathematical thing (I've
forgotten what it is) that I can no longer do. Naturally, the only sign
that cannot appear in a verbatim term is the vertical bar. But they're
not all that common in programming languages. It goes without saying
that this "\|verbatim|" construct is only used for short in-line terms.

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