pandoc doesn't text-wrap code blocks when converting to pdf

Question

I'm using pandoc with xelatex engine to convert markdown to pdf. I'm running pandoc like this:

pandoc -s 'backbone-fundamentals'.md -o 'backbone-fundamentals'.pdf \
    --title-prefix 'Developing Backbone.js Applications' \
    --normalize \
    --smart \
    --toc \
    --latex-engine=`which xelatex`

If a code line is longer than the pdf document width it just gets cutoff. Is there anyway to have pandoc text wrap long code lines?

Answer 1

Not having the text wrapped is (part of) the point of code blocks. As far as I know, the only way to wrap the code is manually. For most languages, not exceeding a certain line length is considered good style anyway.

If your lines are length-limited but still too long for your LaTeX-generated pdf, consider reducing the font size for code blocks. For this you need to change the LaTeX template used by pandoc. A look at this answer to "How to set font size for all verbatims in Beamer presentation?" should get you started.