I never tested anything like this, but I think it works if you \protect the inner declaration like \footnote{foo \protect{\foo{foo}} foo} "Paulo J. Matos aka PDestroy" wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anyone any idea how can I do the following without any > errors, or at least get the same result using any other approach? > > \footnote{foo \verb|bar| foo} > > \section{foo \verb|bar| foo} > > Best regards, > TIA, > > -- > Paulo J. Matos aka PDestroy : pocm(_at_)rnl.ist.utl.pt > Instituto Superior Tecnico - Lisbon > Software & Computer Engineering - A.I. > - > http://www.rnl.ist.utl.pt/~pocm > --- > Yes, God had a deadline... > So, He wrote it all in Lisp!