\documentclass[10pt]{article} \usepackage{numberedblock} \textheight 7.7in \begin{document} %DEFAULTS: %\setlength\maxblocklabelsize{-.4in} %\setlength\blockindent{0.2in} %\renewcommand\blocklabel[1]{[\textit{\arabic{#1}}]} This is a test of the \textsf{numberedblock} style packcage, which is specially designed to produce sequentially numbered BLOCKS of code (note the individual code lines are not numbered, but the whole block gets a single number, for later reference (much in the same way that equations can get numbered in a document). While specialized for numbering code blocks, the commands can actually number other items, as well, in fact anything that fits in a \LaTeX{} box. If the code block contains no special characters (or is already a box), one can simply use the command form, called \verb,\numblock,. It cannot handle verbatim text, but must use standard \LaTeX{} escape sequences (for line breaks, contiguous spaces, special characters, etc.). It puts the output in a tt font, which is the same as used in the verbatim environment: \numblock{This text is the\\argument to the command\\where double slashes have been\\used for line breaks\nblabel{nb:A}} Most useful, however, there is also the \verb,numVblock, environment, which handles verbatim text, as seen in the next example: \begin{numVblock}[\nbVlabel{nb:B}] This is a labeled numVblock environment, which (<--see contiguous spaces here) succeeds in incorporating verbatim text like @##$%*$%$()||}{?><\\\ \end{numVblock} As envisioned the \verb,numVblock, environment would be ideally suited for displaying small code blocks as part of documentation, and I can {\bfseries (NEW!!)} even reference the numbered blocks~\ref{nb:A} and \ref{nb:B}. The code can contain contiguous spaces and special characters: \begin{numVblock} program test implicit none integer a, x c$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ a = 0 x = 1 10 a = a + x if (a .eq. 100) stop goto 10 end \end{numVblock} Below, I test the \verb,\numblock, command with the argument as a box, rather than as formatted text. \numblock{\fbox{Testing, 1,2,3 testing a box}} Don't forget, there are settable parameters to define the block left-indent, the format of the label, and (if needed) the labels' max width/placement. \end{document}