How to indent code in \begin{verbatim}

Question

I have code. I used \begin{verbatim} \end{verbatim}. My code contains indentation to organize the code. But the verbatim does not add spaces. When I try to add vertical spaces using \quad, the command \quad appears as it is. How can I indent my code inside verbatim?

most likely you have tabs which by default don't work, convert them to spaces or the verbatim package has an option to handle tab — David Carlisle, Feb 03 '17 at 22:16
Try with \usepackage{fancyvrb} an the Verbatim environment (note the upper case initial). — egreg, Feb 03 '17 at 22:20

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 15 '19 at 20:45

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You can use fancyvrb (this is the CTAN repository); its Verbatim environment respects tabs.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}

\begin{document}

\begin{Verbatim}
1234567890
	12345678901234567890
		1234567890
	12345678901234567890
1234567890
\end{Verbatim}

\begin{Verbatim}[tabsize=4]
1234567890
	12345678901234567890
		1234567890
	12345678901234567890
1234567890
\end{Verbatim}

\end{document}

The default value of tabsize is 8; you can set it once for all with \fvset{tabsize=4} (or whatever value you want) in the document preamble.

Technical note Pasting on the site changes tabs to spaces. The second and fourth lines have one tab, the third line has two.

edited Sep 15 '19 at 20:45

Pablo González L

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answered Feb 04 '17 at 00:09

egreg

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It works nicely for me. It doesn't like in-line comments though. For example, \begin{Verbatim}[tabsize=4] % comment throws an error that disappears when the comment is on a new line. – XavierStuvw Sep 21 '17 at 15:29
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@XavierStuvw It's not possible; anything after \begin{Verbatim} is typeset verbatim, including comments; for implementation reasons, tokens after the options are discarded (with error) – egreg Sep 21 '17 at 15:32
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Make sure the V is capital by the way folks. – IntegrateThis Sep 08 '19 at 00:29

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '18 at 13:29

The verbatim environment ignores tabs but not white space characters. If your code is just a short snippet and you want to avoid excess packages you could just use the space bar. It's perhaps less elegant but since it will be displayed in a monospace typeface it's not all that bad in my opinion.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 03 '17 at 23:33

Here are two ways with the verbatimbox package. The first way will pagebreak, but adds space above/below the environment. The second way does not page break, but is flexibly manipulated in the manner of a LaTeX box (i.e., one can apply \centering, etc. to the box or, as here, frame it)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verbatimbox,lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]

\begin{verbnobox}[\small\slshape\hspace{1in}]
Lorem ipsum
do\or $it amet%,
consectetuer
\end{verbnobox}

\lipsum[4]
\begin{verbbox}[\small\slshape]
Lorem ipsum
do\or $it amet%,
consectetuer
\end{verbbox}
\noindent\hspace{1in}\fbox{\theverbbox}

\lipsum[4]
\end{document}

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 17 '21 at 09:09

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The package moreverb also solves that issue and provides lines numbering.

edited Jun 17 '21 at 09:09

chris

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answered Jan 07 '20 at 11:27

Belphegor

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Welcome to TeX.SE. Could you add a complete example to check your solution? Thank you. – Sebastiano Jan 07 '20 at 12:23

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 04 '23 at 09:40

In my case verbatim started to respect indentation only after I switched all tab symbols to equivalent amounts of whitespaces. Initial code and output in latex(note that tabs are designated as \t here):

\begin{verbatim}
\t  for i in range(len(W)): 
\t  \t  print(f'W_{i+1}(s) = {W[i]}')
\end{verbatim}

:

After said changes:

\begin{verbatim}
    for i in range(len(W)): 
        print(f'W_{i+1}(s) = {W[i]}')
\end{verbatim}

How to indent code in \begin{verbatim}

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