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How to wrap a long literal block in reStructuredText?

I have a literal block consisting of a single long line. It is currently displayed as a single-line block with horizontal scrollbar (like the literal block below). How do you implement auto-formatting to wrap the line so it wraps dynamically when the browser is resized?

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  Long line that does not wrap...........................................................................................
Solution

  • This could be done by overriding the default CSS with a new style:

    pre {
    white-space: pre-wrap;
}

    Edit your theme's CSS file to include this directive and it should just work.