verbatim issues

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Thu, 4 Jul 2024 17:25:52 -0700 schrieb Walter Burkhard via
texhax:

> Hello,
> I am trying to use the verbatim scheme proposed by David Salomon in his
> book  The Advanced TeXbook on pages 179 & 180.   Unfortunately I am not
> getting it to work.
> 
> I have attached two files --   verbatim
> which is the scheme and the file "example"  which is also from his
> book on page 178.
> 
> These two files are attached below --  Executing tex on the example
> file creates the error message  "Use of gobble doesn't match its
> definition."
> 
> What is going on here?   Many thanks in advance.

You have typo, there is a backslash missing before nextc:

\def\options{\ifx[nextc\let\next=\readoptions

should be 

\def\options{\ifx[\nextc\let\next=\readoptions


-- 
Ulrike Fischer 
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/