<verbatim> – preformatted displayed material

Attributes:

xml:lang

human language (inherited)

id

unique name (identifier)

style/class

style properties and class (e.g. for CSS)

Possible Contents: (Text | em | visual | ix | idx | indexsee)*

Description: Corresponds to LaTeX's verbatim environment. In this context XML's <![CDATA[...]]> is sometimes useful. Please note that – in contrast to LaTeX – some formatting elements are allowed. So you may print things in bold face, for example.

At least for LaTeX output you can activate syntax highlighting via the class attribute:

<verbatim class="C++">
int main() {
  cout << "Hello, world!\n";
  return 0;
}
</verbatim>

The class attribute can take all values that are understood by the listings package of LaTeX.