inconsistent letter spacing in listings package

porst17

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Oct 10, 2008, 5:53:32 AM10/10/08

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Hi, I recently switched to the listings package for typesetting code
fragments. The package uses different letter spacings for inline code
(\lstinline) and code written inside the lstlisting environment. Here
is a minimal example:

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{basicstyle=\ttfamily}

\begin{document}
\lstinline!ab c de fg hijk lmno pqr st u vwyxz!\\
\lstinline!a bc de f g hi jk lmno pqr st u vwyxz!
\begin{lstlisting}
ab c de fg hijk lmno pqr st u vwyxz
a bc de f g hi jk lmno pqr st u vwyxz
\end{lstlisting}
\begin{verbatim}
ab c de fg hijk lmno pqr st u vwyxz
a bc de f g hi jk lmno pqr st u vwyxz
\end{verbatim}
\end{document}

The spacing with \lstinline matched the spacing with verbatim. but the
lstlisting environment uses larger spaces.

Is there any way to change this behavior?

Thanks for your help.

Martin Heller

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Oct 10, 2008, 5:53:49 AM10/10/08

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porst17 skrev:

> The spacing with \lstinline matched the spacing with verbatim. but the
> lstlisting environment uses larger spaces.
>
> Is there any way to change this behavior?

\lstset{basicstyle=\ttfamily,columns=fullflexible}

Ulrike Fischer

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Oct 10, 2008, 5:56:32 AM10/10/08

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\begin{lstlisting}[columns=flexible]

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Ulrike Fischer

porst17

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Oct 13, 2008, 5:15:23 AM10/13/08

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Thank you very much. Now lstlisting works as expected for me.

Will Robertson

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Oct 13, 2008, 10:54:56 PM10/13/08

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On Oct 10, 7:56 pm, Ulrike Fischer <ne...@nililand.de> wrote:
>
> \begin{lstlisting}[columns=flexible]

While we're on the topic, is there any way to get multiple spaces to
line up correctly with this option? See below, where the ascii
indentation is completely broken:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{basicstyle=\ttfamily,columns=flexible}

\begin{document}
\lstinline!ab c de fg hijk lmno pqr st u vwyxz!\\
\lstinline!a bc de f g hi jk lmno pqr st u vwyxz!
\begin{lstlisting}

line up to here ->
spaces up to <- here
\end{lstlisting}
\end{document}

Cheers,
Will

Ulrike Fischer

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Oct 14, 2008, 4:16:10 AM10/14/08

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Am Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:54:56 -0700 (PDT) schrieb Will Robertson:

>> \begin{lstlisting}[columns=flexible]
>
> While we're on the topic, is there any way to get multiple spaces to
> line up correctly with this option?

You could misuse the showspace option:

\listfiles
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{listings}

\lstset{basicstyle=\ttfamily,columns=flexible,showspaces=true}

\begin{document}
\noindent

\lstinline!ab c de fg hijk lmno pqr st u vwyxz!\\
\lstinline!a bc de f g hi jk lmno pqr st u vwyxz!
\begin{lstlisting}
line up to here ->
spaces up to <- here
\end{lstlisting}

\makeatletter
\def\lst@visiblespace{\phantom{\lst@ttfamily{\char32}\textvisiblespace}}
\makeatother

\begin{lstlisting}
line up to here ->
spaces up to <- here
\end{lstlisting}

\end{document}

--
Ulrike Fischer

Will Robertson

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Oct 14, 2008, 6:45:22 AM10/14/08

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On 2008-10-14 18:46:10 +1030, Ulrike Fischer <ne...@nililand.de> said:

> You could misuse the showspace option:

Nice idea, thanks!
This is one of the reasons I've stuck to fancyvrb still (in many cases).

Cheers,
Will