remove verb key (#530)

manual/manual-3.tex

@@ -166,20 +166,6 @@ \subsection{Hspan and Vspan Algorithms}
 \end{tblr}
 \end{demohigh}
 
-\subsection{Use Verbatim Commands}
-
-%With \verb!verb! key, you can write \verb!\verb! commands in the cell text:
-%
-%\begin{demohigh}
-%\begin{tblr}{hlines,verb}
-%  20 & 30 & \verb!\hello{world}!40 \\
-%  50 & \verb!\hello!60 & 70 \\
-%\end{tblr}
-%\end{demohigh}
-
-The inner key \verb!verb! is obsolete from version 2023A, and will be removed in the future.
-Instead you can use more reliable \verb!\fakeverb! command (see Section \ref{sec:fakeverb}).
-
 \subsection{Set Baseline for the Table}
 
 With \verb!baseline! key, you can set baseline for the table.

manual/manual-6.tex

@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ \section{Control Horizontal Alignment}
 \section{Use Safe Verbatim Commands}%
 \label{sec:fakeverb}
 
-Due to the limitation of TeX, even if you have passed \texttt{verb} option to a
-\texttt{tabularray} table, you still could not use some special characters in a
-\verb!\verb! command. As an replacement, you may use \verb|\fakeverb| command from \href{https://www.ctan.org/pkg/codehigh}{\texttt{codehigh}} package.
+Due to the limitations of TeX,
+we are not able to make \fakeverb{\verb} command behave well inside \texttt{tabularray} tables.
+As a replacement, you may use \fakeverb{\fakeverb} command from \href{https://www.ctan.org/pkg/codehigh}{\texttt{codehigh}} package.
 
 The \verb|\fakeverb| command will remove the backslashes in the following control symbols before
 typesetting its content: \fakeverb{\\\\}, \fakeverb{\\\{}, \fakeverb{\\\}}, \fakeverb{\\\#}, \fakeverb{\\\^} and \texttt{\textbackslash\textvisiblespace}, \fakeverb{\\\%}.

tabularray.sty

@@ -3056,7 +3056,6 @@
   }
 
 \tl_new:N \l__tblr_inner_spec_measure_tl
-\tl_new:N \l__tblr_inner_spec_verb_tl
 
 \cs_new_protected:Npn \__tblr_init_table_inner_spec:
   {
@@ -3105,7 +3104,6 @@
           { [\int_eval:n { \c@colcount + 1}] / ##1 } {##2}
       }
     \tl_clear:N \l__tblr_inner_spec_measure_tl
-    \tl_clear:N \l__tblr_inner_spec_verb_tl
     \keys_set:nv { tblr } { l__tblr_default_ \l__tblr_env_name_tl _inner_tl }
   }
 
@@ -3119,7 +3117,7 @@
     colspec, rowspec, column, row, cell, hline, vline, hborder, vborder, width,
     rowhead, rowfoot, columns, rows, cells, hlines, vlines, % hborders, vborders,
     leftsep, rightsep, colsep, abovesep, belowsep, rowsep, rulesep,
-    baseline, hspan, vspan, stretch, verb, delimiter
+    baseline, hspan, vspan, stretch, delimiter
   }
 
 \keys_define:nn { tblr }
@@ -3130,8 +3128,6 @@
     hspan .code:n = \__tblr_keys_gput:nn { hspan } {#1},
     vspan .code:n = \__tblr_keys_gput:nn { vspan } {#1},
     stretch .code:n = \__tblr_keys_gput:nn { stretch } {#1},
-    verb   .tl_set:N = \l__tblr_inner_spec_verb_tl,
-    verb  .default:n = lite,
     columns .code:n = \__tblr_set_every_column_aux:n {#1},
     rows    .code:n = \__tblr_set_every_row_aux:n {#1},
     cells   .code:n = \__tblr_set_every_cell_aux:n {#1},
@@ -3782,7 +3778,7 @@
         \begin{tblrNoHyper}
         \begin{varwidth}{\paperwidth}
            \l__tblr_f_tl
-           \__tblr_rescan_cell_tokens:N \l__tblr_c_tl
+           \l__tblr_c_tl
         \end{varwidth}
         \end{tblrNoHyper}
       }
@@ -3801,7 +3797,7 @@
         \hbox_set:Nn \l_tmpa_box
           {
             \l__tblr_f_tl
-            \__tblr_rescan_cell_tokens:N \l_tmpa_tl
+            \l_tmpa_tl
           }
         \tl_set:Nx \l__tblr_w_tl
           { \dim_max:nn { \l__tblr_w_tl } { \box_wd:N \l_tmpa_box } }
@@ -3864,27 +3860,7 @@
     \TblrParboxRestore
     \cs:w __tblr_halign_command_ \g__tblr_cell_halign_tl : \cs_end:
     \__tblr_leave_vmode:
-    \bool_if:NTF \l__tblr_cell_math_mode_bool
-      { #1 }
-      { \__tblr_rescan_cell_tokens:N #1 }
-  }
-
-%% When using verb option, there is an end-of-line character at the end.
-%% This character causes extra horizontal space at the end when "measure=hbox",
-%% or causes extra vertical space at the end with "measure=vbox".
-%% Therefore we have to use an \empty to remove it.
-%% See https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/213659
-\cs_new_protected:Npn \__tblr_rescan_cell_tokens:N #1
-  {
-    \tl_if_empty:NTF \l__tblr_inner_spec_verb_tl
-      { #1 }
-      {
-        %% insert space characters after some control sequences first (issue #112)
-        \regex_replace_all:nnN { (\c{[A-Za-z]*}) ([A-Za-z]) } { \1 \  \2 } #1
-        \regex_replace_all:nnN { . } { \c{string} \0 } #1
-        \tl_set:Nx #1 { #1 \noexpand \empty }
-        \exp_args:NV \tex_scantokens:D #1
-      }
+    #1
   }
 
 %% #1: total height dimension; #2: head dimension; #3: foot dimension;

tabularray.tex

@@ -1525,20 +1525,6 @@ \subsection{Hspan and Vspan Algorithms}
 \end{tblr}
 \end{demohigh}
 
-\subsection{Use Verbatim Commands}
-
-%With \verb!verb! key, you can write \verb!\verb! commands in the cell text:
-%
-%\begin{demohigh}
-%\begin{tblr}{hlines,verb}
-%  20 & 30 & \verb!\hello{world}!40 \\
-%  50 & \verb!\hello!60 & 70 \\
-%\end{tblr}
-%\end{demohigh}
-
-The inner key \verb!verb! is obsolete from version 2023A, and will be removed in the future.
-Instead you can use more reliable \verb!\fakeverb! command (see Section \ref{sec:fakeverb}).
-
 \subsection{Set Baseline for the Table}
 
 With \verb!baseline! key, you can set baseline for the table.
@@ -3125,9 +3111,9 @@ \section{Control Horizontal Alignment}
 \section{Use Safe Verbatim Commands}%
 \label{sec:fakeverb}
 
-Due to the limitation of TeX, even if you have passed \texttt{verb} option to a
-\texttt{tabularray} table, you still could not use some special characters in a
-\verb!\verb! command. As an replacement, you may use \verb|\fakeverb| command from \href{https://www.ctan.org/pkg/codehigh}{\texttt{codehigh}} package.
+Due to the limitations of TeX,
+we are not able to make \fakeverb{\verb} command behave well inside \texttt{tabularray} tables.
+As a replacement, you may use \fakeverb{\fakeverb} command from \href{https://www.ctan.org/pkg/codehigh}{\texttt{codehigh}} package.
 
 The \verb|\fakeverb| command will remove the backslashes in the following control symbols before
 typesetting its content: \fakeverb{\\\\}, \fakeverb{\\\{}, \fakeverb{\\\}}, \fakeverb{\\\#}, \fakeverb{\\\^} and \texttt{\textbackslash\textvisiblespace}, \fakeverb{\\\%}.