MacDownApp/macdown

Add a line wrapping option for code blocks

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#1,136 opened on Dec 30, 2019

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Description

I'd like there to be an option to have code blocks be line wrapped. Maybe a check box for it in Rendering -> "Syntax highlighted code block" next to "Show line numbers" etc.?

If I try hard enough I can dig through the css files in Contents/Resources/Prism/themes and change "white-space: pre;" to "white-space: pre-wrap;", but doing so breaks the code signature of the app. And that's not a very nice way to do it anyway.

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Locate the rendering settings panel in MacDown source code, add a checkbox for 'Wrap lines in code blocks', modify the CSS storage to apply white space: pre wrap when enabled, and update the Prism theme accordingly.
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desktop
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