(zettel (meta (back "00001007030000 00001007800000") (backward "00001007030000 00001007800000") (box-number "1") (created "20210126175322") (forward "00001007030200 00001007040000 00001007050000") (modified "20220218131806") (published "20220218131806") (role "manual") (syntax "zmk") (tags "#manual #zettelmarkup #zettelstore") (title "Zettelmarkup: Quotation Blocks")) (rights 4) (encoding "") (content "A simple way to enter a quotation is to use the [[quotation list|00001007030200]].\nA quotation list loosely follows the convention of quoting text within emails.\nHowever, if you want to attribute the quotation to someone, a quotation block is more appropriately.\n\nThis kind of line-range block begins with at least three less-than characters (\"\"''<''\"\", U+003C) at the first position of a line.\nYou can add some [[attributes|00001007050000]] on the beginning line of a quotation block, following the initiating characters.\nThe quotation does not support the default attribute, nor the generic attribute.\nAttributes are interpreted on HTML rendering.\nAny other character in this line will be ignored\n\nText following the beginning line will be interpreted, until a line begins with at least the same number of the same characters given at the beginning line.\nThis allows to enter a quotation block within a quotation block.\nAt the ending line, you can enter some [[inline elements|00001007040000]] after the less-than characters.\nThese will interpreted as some attribution text.\n\nFor example:\n\n```zmk\n<<<<\nA quotation with an embedded quotation\n<<<{style=color:green}\nEmbedded\n<<< Embedded Author\n<<<< Quotation Author\n```\nwill be rendered in HTML as:\n:::example\n<<<<\nA quotation with an embedded quotation\n<<<{style=color:green}\nEmbedded\n<<< Embedded Author\n<<<< Quotation Author\n:::"))