Re: AucTeX fontifying: mishandling $ within \verb argument and verbatim environment.

[Peter S Galbraith]

Michael J Downes <epsmjd@ams.org> wrote:

> Adam <a24061@void.yahoo.void.com> writes:
> 
> > ...in your \verb!$PATH! blah blah
> > blah
> > \begin{verbatim}
> > $ passwd
> > Changing password for USERID
> > (current) UNIX password: 
> > New password: 
> > Retype new password: 
> > passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully
> > $ logout
> > \end{verbatim}
> > blah
> > blah
> > 
> > Everything from PATH through {verbatim} and from logout onward is colored 
> > as if in math mode. Anyone know how to fix this?
> 
> A workaround that I sometimes use is
> 
>   \newcommand{\ignore}[1]{}
> 
>   ...in your \verb!$PATH!\ignore$ blah blah

I wouldn't know how to fix the \verb problem (I don't even know thta
LaTeX command and don't have a LaTeX book close-by), but without that
line the \vertabim is handled correctly by font-latex.el

Peter