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@verb{chartextchar}Use the @verb command to print a verbatim sequence of
characters.
Like LaTeX’s \verb command, the verbatim text can be quoted using
any unique delimiter character. Enclose the verbatim text, including the
delimiters, in braces. Text is printed in a fixed-width font:
How many @verb{|@|}-escapes does one need to print this
@verb{.@a @b.@c.} string or @verb{+@'e?`{}!`\+} this?
produces
How many @-escapes does one need to print this
@a @b.@c string or @'e?`{}!`\ this?
This is in contrast to @samp (see the previous section),
@code, and similar commands; in those cases, the argument is
normal Texinfo text, where the three characters @{} are
special, as usual. With @verb, nothing is special except the
delimiter character you choose.
The delimiter character itself may appear inside the verbatim text, as shown above. As another example, ‘@verb{...}’ prints a single (fixed-width) period.
It is not reliable to use @verb inside other Texinfo
constructs. In particular, it does not work to use @verb in
anything related to cross-referencing, such as section titles or
figure captions.