reStructuredText writer wraps line blocks incorrectly

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$ pandoc -f html -t rst <<EOF
<p>very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long line
<br>very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long line
<br>very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long line</p>
EOF
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line

However, according to the rst cheat sheet the continuation lines are supposed to have a space in front of them. Indeed, using rst2html on pandoc's output gives some warnings and a bad resulting html; manually adding a space in front of all of the wrapped lines fixes the problem.

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On second thoughts, adding two spaces is probably nicer so it aligns with the | that is added on the first line.

bash$ rst2html --template=<(echo '%(body)s') <<EOF
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
  very very very very very very very very very very long line
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
  very very very very very very very very very very long line
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
  very very very very very very very very very very long line
EOF
<div class="line-block">
<div class="line">very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line</div>
<div class="line">very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line</div>
<div class="line-block">
<div class="line">very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line</div>
</div>
</div>

With current pandoc's output:

bash$ rst2html --template=<(echo '%(body)s') <<EOF
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line
EOF
<stdin>:2: (WARNING/2) Line block ends without a blank line.
<div class="line-block">
<div class="line">very very very very very very very very very very very very very very</div>
</div>
<div class="system-message">
<p class="system-message-title">System Message: WARNING/2 (<tt class="docutils">&lt;stdin&gt;</tt>, line 2)</p>
Line block ends without a blank line.</div>
<p>very very very very very very very very very very long line
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line
| very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
very very very very very very very very very very long line</p>

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Do you have a pointer on where to start if I was going submit a patch with the line wrapping? One strategy would be to set the column width to 2 less for the block, do a normal line wrap, then prepend 2 spaces to every line except the first, which would use |<SP>.

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I just realized there's an easy way to do it, and I
pushed another commit. Can you try it out and see if it's
right?

+++ Ximin Luo [Sep 30 14 04:02 ]:

Do you have a pointer on where to start if I was going submit a patch
with the line wrapping? One strategy would be to set the column width
to 2 less for the block, do a normal line wrap, then prepend 2 spaces
to every line except the first, which would use |.

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1. reStructuredText writer wraps line blocks incorrectly #1656 (comment)

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Seems to work nicely :) thanks!