Re: wrong font shape for `@var` in `@example`

[Patrice Dumas]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 11:24:56AM +0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> > Another option is to change your document to use @t{@slanted{...},
> > which produces the slanted typewriter font.
> 
> Honestly, I don't like that – what I want *does* transport metaness!
> Using `@t` would demote this to a 'fancy font change to make the
> author happy', which is not true.

You want meta-mess and also formatting as code.  So, you could define a
@macro for that, like

@macro codevar {argument}
@r{@t{@slanted{\argument\}}}
@end macro

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Pat