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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 4-2-4 on page I-299 in "shortvrb --- Streamlining the verbatim input".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{171.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{shortvrb}
\MakeShortVerb*{\+}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
Instead of \verb/\verb*| |/ we can
now write \verb/+ +/ to get + +.
\end{document}
