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%% verbatim.dtx  (with options: `testdriver')
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%% Package `verbatim' to use with LaTeX2e
%% Copyright (C) 1989--1994 by Rainer Sch\"opf. All rights reserved.
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{verbatim}

\newenvironment{myverbatim}%
   {\endgraf\noindent MYVERBATIM:\endgraf\verbatim}%
   {\endverbatim}

\makeatletter

\newenvironment{verbatimlisting}[1]%
 {\def\verbatim@startline{\input{#1}%
    \def\verbatim@startline{\verbatim@line{}}%
    \verbatim@startline}%
  \verbatim}{\endverbatim}

\newwrite\verbatim@out

\newenvironment{verbatimwrite}[1]%
 {\@bsphack
  \immediate\openout \verbatim@out #1
  \let\do\@makeother\dospecials\catcode`\^^M\active
  \def\verbatim@processline{%
    \immediate\write\verbatim@out{\the\verbatim@line}}%
  \verbatim@start}%
 {\immediate\closeout\verbatim@out\@esphack}

\makeatother

\addtolength{\textwidth}{30pt}

\begin{document}

\typeout{}
\typeout{===> Expect ``characters dropped''
         warning messages in this test! <====}
\typeout{}

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  \begin{verbatim}
    test
    \end{verbatim*}
    test
    \end{verbatim
    test of ligatures: <`!`?`>
    \endverbatim
    test
    \end  verbatim
    test
    test of end of line:
    \end
    {verbatim}
  \end{verbatim} Further text to be typeset: $\alpha$.
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  \begin{verbatim*}
    test
    test
  \end {verbatim*}
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  \begin{verbatim*}  bla bla
    test
    test
  \end {verbatim*}
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First of Chris Rowley's fiendish tests:
\begin{verbatim}
the double end test<text>
\end\end{verbatim}  or even \end \end{verbatim}

Another of Chris' devils:
\begin{verbatim}
the single brace test<text>
\end{not the end\end{verbatim}
Back to my own tests:
  \begin{myverbatim}
    test
    test
  \end {myverbatim} rest of line
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Test of empty verbatim:
\begin{verbatim}
\end{verbatim}
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  \begin {verbatimlisting}{verbtest.tex}
    Additonal verbatim text
      ...
  \end{verbatimlisting}
And here for listing a file:
  \verbatiminput{verbtest.tex}
And again, with explicit spaces:
  \verbatiminput*{verbtest.tex}
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  \begin{comment}
    test
    \end{verbatim*}
    test
    \end {comment
    test
    \endverbatim
    test
    \end  verbatim
    test
  \end {comment} Further text to be typeset: $\alpha$.
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  \begin{comment}  bla bla
    test
    test
  \end {comment}
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\begin{verbatimwrite}{verbtest.txt}
asfa<fa<df
sdfsdfasd
asdfa<fsa
\end{verbatimwrite}

\end{document}
\endinput
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