\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{soul}
\definecolor{Light}{gray}{.90}
\sethlcolor{Light}
\let\OldTexttt\texttt
\NewDocumentCommand{\codeword}{v}{\texttt{\OldTexttt{\hl{#1}}}}
\begin{document}
\codeword{Here_ <-} you \codeword{see} an \codeword{example} of \codeword{an} inline \codeword{code}
\end{document}
可以解决用 \texttt{} 中无法加入字符的问题。
输出结果为
参考:
insert code keywords inline - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange
color - Adding a highlight to \texttt blocks - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange