---
name: "wml::fmt::verbatim"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "wml"
version: "2.32.0~ds1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wml::fmt::verbatim"
---

# wml::fmt::verbatim(3)

Really Preformatted Verbatim Text

## NAME

wml::fmt::verbatim - Really Preformatted Verbatim Text

## SYNOPSIS

```
 #use wml::fmt::verbatim
 <verbatim>
 Text with <,> and & characters,
     leading whitespaces and
 pre  formatted   blocks
 </verbatim>
 #     To include the file ``bar'' verbatim
 <verbatim-file src="bar">
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is an enhanced `"<pre>"` tag which really formats as plain text, i.e. escapes the characters \``"<"`', \``">"`' and \``"&"`'.

The usage is simple: Just surround the text with the `"<verbatim>"` container tag and then all text inside it will be threated as really verbatim text, i.e. a *pre*formatted area with all problematic characters sequences escaped.

## AUTHOR

```
 Ralf S. Engelschall
 rse@engelschall.com
 www.engelschall.com
```

## REQUIRES

```
 Internal: P1, P6
 External: --
```

## SEE ALSO

HTML `"<pre>"` tag