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Custom verbatim that sets all spaces (“ ”) as visible spaces (“␣”) that can line-break

It makes sense to typeset code in a monospaced font. Sometimes such code needs to be embedded in a paragraph context, and then it will be useful to allow it to linebreak. In order to visualize spaces ...
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1answer
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passing text to alltt embeded in command (extra newline needed)

I wanted to close alltt inside a command (to add some ornaments around the text), but the spaces that were used for putting the monospaced text into columns was not preserved. I found the solution ...
3
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1answer
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How to set the Top Margin for a custom Verbatim environment (fancyvrb)

From the fancyvrb documentation, it looks like I can set left and right margins (paragraph 4.1.13) only. How can I set the top margin for my environment? More specifically, given that I have a frame ...
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1answer
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control vertical space before and after verbatim environment?

How do I control how much vertical space appears before and after a verbatim environment? With the following source (run through pdflatex): \documentclass[varwidth]{standalone} \begin{document} text ...
5
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1answer
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Proper spaces with verbatim

there is following code: \begin{verbatim} pc:~$ ls folder1 Documents folder2 New Folder folder3 folder4444 Downloads folder5 Pictures ...
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4answers
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Hard whitespace

I am using plainTeX and would like to typeset some (python) code examples. Switching to \tt gets me partway there, but I (obviously) need the whitespace respected. Is there a trick for doing this? The ...
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How do I backcolor in verbatim?

I have some code I want to typeset as verbatim (lstlisting would be ok as well) - but I want to highlight some parts of it via a different background color, i.e. something like this: \begin{verbatim} ...