Combination of =code= and Description

Combination of =code= and Description

[Rainer M Krug]

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Hi

I would like to have a description as follow:

- - first :: some text
- - second :: some more text
- - =code= :: some additional text

but =code= is not formatted as bold. If I say

- - \bold{=code=} :: some additional text

I get, as one could expect, "=code=" in bold.

Is it possible to get code in bold?

Cheers,

Rainer

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Re: Combination of =code= and Description

[Bastien]

Hi Rainer,

Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to have a description as follow:
>
> - first :: some text
> - second :: some more text
> - =code= :: some additional text
>
> but =code= is not formatted as bold. If I say
>
> - \bold{=code=} :: some additional text
>
> I get, as one could expect, "=code=" in bold.
>
> Is it possible to get code in bold?

Yes. For now it produces:

,----
| \begin{description}
| \item[first]some text
| \item[second]some more text
| \item[\texttt{code}]some additional text
| \end{description}
`----

where \texttt{code} is not taken into account.

But

  \item[{\texttt code}]some additional text

would do the job.  I don't know what are the LaTeX conventions 
regarding the use of {\texttt ...} vs. \texttt{...} constructs.

Any LaTeX guru here?

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Combination of =code= and Description

[Achim Gratz]

Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr> writes:
> But
>
>   \item[{\texttt code}]some additional text
>
> would do the job.

No, it doesn't - it makes the first "c" character non-bold typewriter
and the rest "ode" bold sans serif.  There simply is no boldface version
of the typewriter font in standard LaTeX, so the form of the argument to
item isn't really responsible for the result.

If it were, then I think from a LaTeX perspective \texttt{code} is
preferred, although the fully braced construct also works in that
situation.


Regards,
Achim.
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Re: Re: Combination of =code= and Description

[Bastien]

Hi Achim,

Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> writes:

> Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr> writes:
>> But
>>
>>   \item[{\texttt code}]some additional text
>>
>> would do the job.
>
> No, it doesn't - it makes the first "c" character non-bold typewriter
> and the rest "ode" bold sans serif.  There simply is no boldface version
> of the typewriter font in standard LaTeX, so the form of the argument to
> item isn't really responsible for the result.

Thanks, I stand corrected.

> If it were, then I think from a LaTeX perspective \texttt{code} is
> preferred, although the fully braced construct also works in that
> situation.

So let's live with it.

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Combination of =code= and Description

[Erik Iverson]

Bastien wrote:
> Hi Rainer,
> 
> Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I would like to have a description as follow:
>>
>> - first :: some text
>> - second :: some more text
>> - =code= :: some additional text
>>
>> but =code= is not formatted as bold. If I say
>>
>> - \bold{=code=} :: some additional text
>>
>> I get, as one could expect, "=code=" in bold.
>>
>> Is it possible to get code in bold?
> 
> Yes. For now it produces:
> 
> ,----
> | \begin{description}
> | \item[first]some text
> | \item[second]some more text
> | \item[\texttt{code}]some additional text
> | \end{description}
> `----
> 
> where \texttt{code} is not taken into account.
> 
> But
> 
>   \item[{\texttt code}]some additional text
> 
> would do the job.  I don't know what are the LaTeX conventions 
> regarding the use of {\texttt ...} vs. \texttt{...} constructs.
> 
> Any LaTeX guru here?

Certainly not a guru, but if you look at the zoomed-in PDF
output of your second attempt above:

  \item[{\texttt code}]some additional text,

you'll see that only the first letter 'c' is written in
typewriter font, and the rest are bold.  This is because
you did not use brackets to group the argument, so it only
passes the first letter it sees.

So if you do use brackets, you'll note that you only get
typewriter font, and not in bold: why is this?

I believe that, http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=bold-extras
explains that Computer Modern fonts do not come with a bold
teletype font.  The page offers some solutions for you if you
want this.

This is what I believe is happening anyway, and would be happy
to be corrected by a true guru!

--Erik Iverson