Re: In-paragraph code between backticks and spaces

[Joost Kremers <joostkremers-97jfqw80gc6171pxa8y+qA@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, Oct 14 2013, fiddlosopher-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> +++ Václav Zeman [Oct 14 13 16:08 ]:
>> Hi.
>> 
>> I am seeing extra spaces in output when the text between backticks
>> spans multiple lines. E.g., the following text is wrapped (by Emacs)
>> inside the backticks block:
>> 
>> - To configure Digest authentication, use the following lines. Put
>>   them below other `auth_param` blocks but before `acl password
>>   proxy_auth REQUIRED`.
>> 
>> The result (DOCX and HTML at least) then contains three spaces between
>> "password" and "proxy_auth". Is there a way to let Pandoc contract 3
>> spaces into one?
>
> No, nor would this be desirable.  It's important to preserve the ability
> to put multiple consecutive spaces in a code span.
>
> IN your example, the spaces are clearly indentation.  But since markdown
> doesn't require the list content to be indented, it's hard for the
> program to tell.
>
> Best approach would be to set up emacs so that it doesn't break code
> spans when wrapping.  (Maybe something for pandoc-mode if it doesn't
> already work this way?)

It doesn't, and since this is something that's particular to Markdown
(at least, the `code` markup is), I would argue markdown-mode would be a
better place for it.

However, I'm sceptical that it'll be possible to configure Emacs to
behave this way. I've never heard or seen anything that would make it
possible to disable auto-fill in stretches of text. I believe the OP has
three (four) options:

- use no-break spaces (U+00A0) in code spans (not practical, most
  likely).
- check out the adaptive filling section in the Emacs manual and see if
  any of the options discussed there help.
- use longlines-mode, which soft-wraps lines longer than the value
  specified by `fill-column'.
- use visual-line-mode, which soft-wraps at window edges.

visual-line-mode is set to replace longlines-mode, which AFAIK has been
deprecated in the development version of Emacs. In order to get the same
visual effect that adaptive-fill-mode produces with auto-fill-mode,
visual-line-mode can be combined with adaptive-wrap-mode, which,
however, is an external package (can be installed through Melpa,
though). If you have a wide Emacs window (frame), the automargin package
might be useful (also Melpa).

I personally use the fourth option and have to complaints.

HTH


-- 
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments

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