[texhax] verbatim in footnote

[Lars Madsen]

Tom Schneider :

> Hi:
>
> I'd like to put a verbatim or verb inside a footnote:
>
> \footnote{
> \verb|http://www.bdbiosciences.com/|
> }
>
> but LaTeX objects:
>
> ! Missing } inserted.
>
> \footnote{
> \begin{verbatim}
> http://www.bdbiosciences.com/
> \end{verbatim}
> }
>
> ! Argument of \@xverbatim has an extra }.
>
> \protect in front of or inside the footnote doesn't help.
>

verbatim cannot be used inside other macros. See fancyvrb insted.

but in your case you would want to use the url package and

footnote{\url{http://www.bdbiosciences.com/}}

instead

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