> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:24:34PM +0000, Robin Fairbairns wrote:
>
> > it's bad enough using the latex list for non-latex-research issues,
> > but to post clueless rubbish to it is worse still.
>
> At the rist of incurring the Wrath of Robin,
> what about \usepackage{doc} and \MakeShortVerb{\"} ?

\MakeShortVerb (also available via shortvrb.sty) merely creates a
shortcut for \verb.  that shortcut has more or less the same
properties as \verb itself, as far as arguments of other commands go.

> Is this more or less equivalent to \usepackage{alltt} ?

no.  alltt defines a not-quite verbatim environment.  since it's a
(triv)list environment, it's a rather poor substitute for \verb