Typing code in-line

Question

I am using making a list of common math commands in LaTeX, and I'm using the listings package to put them in a code format. However, I want some of the commands to be in the same line, instead of having to take up a new line (sort of like we can type code inline vs in a block) but some to stay in a block. How can I do this? It doesn't have to use the listings package.

A sample of my code is

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{listings,mdframed}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\usepackage{amssymb}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\diamondtimes}{%
  \mathbin{\text{\rotatebox[origin=c]{45}{$\boxplus$}}}%
}

\lstset{
  language=[LaTeX]TeX,
  backgroundcolor=\color{black!5}, % set backgroundcolor
  basicstyle=\footnotesize\ttfamily,% basic font setting
  columns=fullflexible,
}

\title{Math in LaTeX}
\author{v.0.1}

\begin{document}

\maketitle


\section{Simple, Inline Equations}

You can do a simple inline equation by using \begin{lstlisting}
$ an equation here $
\end{lstlisting}
For example, you might do 
\begin{lstlisting}
$\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{2^n} i\bar z$
\end{lstlisting}which produces $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{2^n} i\bar z$.
\end{document}

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Exanple from page 4 of the documentation: \lstinline!var i:integer;! — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Aug 18 '16 at 19:29
@samcarter, that works, but it doesn't highlight it in gray... — auden, Aug 18 '16 at 19:42
For an alternative solution, you can have look on my answer to (a similar) question here: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/279068/how-to-display-latex-code-and-the-typeset-version-next-to-each-other-without-rep/279069#279069 — , Aug 18 '16 at 21:28
Is there any news here? If the comments helped, maybe we can ping one of the commentors to write an answer or even close as duplicate? — Johannes_B, Aug 27 '16 at 15:22
@Johannes_B, samcarter's answer was the most helpful; even though it doesn't outline it in gray, I can try to figure out the rest. — auden, Aug 27 '16 at 15:45
@Johannes_B I could, but I think she wants grey background rather than font :) — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Aug 27 '16 at 16:50

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '16 at 16:50

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The grey background is actually a bit tricky, but luckily the realboxes package comes to help.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{realboxes}

\begin{document}
\Colorbox{gray}{\lstinline[language={[latex]TeX},basicstyle=\ttfamily]|$\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{2^n} i\bar z$|}
\end{document}

answered Aug 27 '16 at 16:50

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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A bit hard to read, but the color can be adjusted. Thanks :-) – Johannes_B Aug 27 '16 at 16:57
You're welcome! And thanks for the pinging me! – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Aug 27 '16 at 17:01
Perfect! +1. Thanks for your help! – auden Aug 27 '16 at 17:37

Typing code in-line

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