The package provides a verbbox environment (which uses techniques similar to those of the boxedverbatim of the moreverb package) to place its contents into a globally available box.

The global box may then be used in a variety of situations (for example, providing a replica of the boxedverbatim environment itself). A valuable use is in places where the standard verbatim environment (which is based on a trivlist ) may not appear.

The package makes use of the verbatim package (which is a required part of any LaTeX distribution).