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This is my first question on any StackExchange site, so please bear with me.

I am writing code for a paragraph of normal English with little bits of code spliced in. Initially I wrote something like:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod \verb|\tikzset{help lines/.style = gray, very thin}| tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

However, in the output of that code, the phrase "\tikzset{help lines/.style = gray, very thin}" tended to poke out of the margins. Therefore, I was relieved to find Gonzalo Medina's solution to that problem at https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/121618/277990. However, his solution causes a different problem, which is what my question is about. Namely, his solution requires the phrase "\tikzset{help lines/.style = gray, very thin}" to appear on its own line, whereas I want it to appear "in-line." (The difference I'm talking about is similar to that between display-style math and text-style math.)

Please let me know whether I've explained my question clearly. I haven't tried many solutions, because I'm still new to LaTeX so I wouldn't know where to begin. Thank you!

Noah J
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  • Welcome to TeX.SE. – Mico Aug 09 '22 at 21:35
  • What happens if you replace \verb|\tikzset{help lines/.style = gray, very thin}| with {\ttfamily\string\tikzset\{help lines/.style = gray, very thin\}}? – Mico Aug 09 '22 at 21:39
  • Perhaps the following can work. Set listings package: \lstset{basicstyle=\ttfamily, breaklines=true} and use \lstinline|<code here>| to put a content in verbatim with line breaks. – Celdor Aug 09 '22 at 21:52
  • @Celdor, that works perfectly. Thank you. – Noah J Aug 10 '22 at 03:32

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You could use a verb which uses normal stretchy, breakable, space

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}


Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod \verb|\tikzset{help lines/.style = gray, very thin}| tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.


Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
\verb|\tikzset{help lines/.style = gray, very thin}| tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.


\bigskip
\hrule
\bigskip


{
\makeatletter
\let@xobeysp\space
\makeatother


Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod \verb|\tikzset{help lines/.style = gray, very thin}| tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.


Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
\verb|\tikzset{help lines/.style = gray, very thin}| tempor
incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.


}
\end{document}
David Carlisle
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