Text Formatting ⇒ non-math use of $ in lstlisting

[hvn]

Hi,

I want to use ${} in an lstlisting with xml-like code, but compiling gives "! Missing $ inserted." How I can I solve this ? I tried \${}, which clears the error on that place, but gives the error at \end{lstlisting}.

Thanks

[Johannes_B]

Can you prepare a minimal working example? This makes it much easier for us to test possible solutions.

[hvn]

These are the last 3 lines of the listing, so in here is only 1 ${}. The complete listing has 4.

\begin{lstlisting}
<child link="hand_cam_\${whichside}"/>
<origin xyz="0.18 0.0 0.038" rpy="0.0 0.0 0.0"/>
</joint>
\end{lstlisting}

Due to the \$, the error is given at \end{listing}. With only $, the error is given at line with <child>.

Thanks.

[Johannes_B]

Please provide a proper minimal working example! If you do not know how to do that, follow the link.

Nevertheless, try out the following by clicking on open in writelatex

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\begin{document}
\begin{lstlisting}
<child link="hand_cam_\${whichside}"/>
<child link="hand_cam_${whichside}"/>
\end{lstlisting}
\end{document}

[hvn]

Ok, that apparently works. I checked the package that I use for the 4 listings I have so far, which is listings, not lstlistings. I checked http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Source_Code_Listings which basically does the same as I do. And I can't find the lstlistings package. So can you tell me where I may go wrong, apart from using another package ?

[Johannes_B]

The package I am using is listings. And I already told you what to do to find the error: Prepare a minimal working example! The error you are describing does not come from the dollar sign. It is impossible for me or anybody else to tell what might be wrong without any code.