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%% Example 4-2-6 on page I-300 in "newverbs --- Defining \protect \nxLcs  {verb} variants as needed".
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{shortvrb,newverbs}
\MakeSpecialShortVerb{\qverb} {\"}
\MakeSpecialShortVerb{\fverb*}{\|}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
Now code like |pdflatex myfile| can be "enter"ed in a
simplified way. "\DeleteShortVerb" removes previously
defined shorthands \DeleteShortVerb\| again: |see|?
\end{document}