[texhax] \verb in figure caption

[Robin Fairbairns]

[since support simply forwards to texhax, there's no need to send to
both]

> Could anyone please let me know how to include "\verb|\alpha|" inside
> figure captions.
> 
> I tried "\verb|\alpha|" and "\protect\verb|\alpha|", both are not working.

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=verbwithin

in this particular case, you could pull a macro from doc.sty (or
somewhere in that area):

  \DeclareRobustCommand{\cs}[1]{\texttt{\char`\\#1}} % from memoory

and use \cs{alpha}