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kruftin
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Good day!

I'm interesting next question: How paste in file tex format code block, which save initial view (command will't processed by compiler).
For example I have code:
%\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} dx \exp(-x^2) = \sqrt{\pi}.
And I want that % and other symbols no processed by compiler and in pdf i see:
%\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} dx \exp(-x^2) = \sqrt{\pi}.
May be there is anything block or library for it?
Or I have one way use /% replace % ?

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Stefan Kottwitz
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Hi kruftin,

welcome to the board!

You could use the command \verb, such as

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Example:

\verb|%\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} dx \exp(-x^2) = \sqrt{\pi}.|
\end{document}
verb.png
verb.png (3.41 KiB) Viewed 12718 times
or a {verbatim} environment:

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
%\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} dx \exp(-x^2) = \sqrt{\pi}.
\end{verbatim}
\end{document}
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kruftin
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Thanks for answer.
And how i can disable non processing input in the block begin{verbatim} end{verbatim}?
If i want use usual format of tex? There is else from:

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/begin{verbatim} 
text input
/end{verbatim}
usual text in tex
/begin{verbatim}
text input
/end{verbatim}
Last edited by Stefan Kottwitz on Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:55 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Just end the verbatim environment so that input is normally processed by TeX.
Btw. commands begin with a backslash \, not a slash /.

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