Kim Højgaard-Hansen wrote the following on 2006-06-20 13:17: > Yes, that helped... didn't work in pdsetup, thx :) It should work in pdsetup, but care must be taken as it applies to _every_ slide. The following complies just fine: \documentclass{powerdot} \usepackage{listings} \lstnewenvironment{code}{\lstset{escapeinside=`'}}{} \pdsetup{method=file} \begin{document} \begin{slide}{Slide} \begin{code} \textbf{here}`\pause' is an `\pause'\textit{overlay} \end{code} \end{slide} \end{document}