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Blockquotes ​

Blockquotes are used to display quoted text or highlighted content, typically rendered with special formatting like indentation or background color.

Basic Blockquote ​

Use {{{#quote}}} syntax for quoted text:

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{{{#quote
This is a quoted text block.
It can span multiple lines.
}}}

Styled Blockquotes ​

Apply styling to blockquotes using parameters:

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{{{#quote #style="font-style:italic"
This is an italicized quoted text block.
}}}

{{{#quote #style="border-left: 4px solid #ccc; padding-left: 10px"
A quote with a left border.
}}}

Blockquotes with Formatting ​

Blockquotes can contain other SevenMark elements:

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{{{#quote
This quote contains **bold text**, *italic text*, and even `code`.

It can also span multiple paragraphs and include other formatting.
}}}

Common Use Cases ​

Citations ​

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{{{#quote
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
 Alan Kay
}}}

Important Notes ​

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{{{#quote #style="background: #fff3cd; padding: 10px; border-radius: 5px"
**Important:** This feature is deprecated and will be removed in version 3.0.
Please migrate to the new API.
}}}

Nested Content ​

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{{{#quote
Quoted text with a list:

{{{#list #1
[[First point in the quote]]
[[Second point in the quote]]
}}}

And a code example:

``` #lang="rust"
fn example() {
    println!("Code inside a quote");
}
```
}}}

Styling Options ​

All standard parameters are supported:

  • #style - Custom CSS styling
  • #color - Text color
  • #bgcolor - Background color
  • #size - Font size
  • #opacity - Opacity level

Example:

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{{{#quote #color="blue" #bgcolor="#f0f8ff" #style="padding:15px"
A styled blockquote with custom colors and padding.
}}}

Technical Notes ​

  • Blockquotes are block-level elements
  • They can contain any other SevenMark elements
  • The {{{#quote}}} container wraps all content until }}}
  • Trailing whitespace right before the close delimiter is parser-trimmed for brace quotes
  • Parameters are optional; basic quotes work without any parameters

Parsing Policy: Lazy Continuation ​

SevenMark intentionally uses a permissive lazy-continuation rule for markdown blockquotes.

Once a > quote line establishes the quote content indentation, a following line without > is still treated as part of the same blockquote when:

  • it has at least that indentation, and
  • it is non-empty.

This includes lines that look like root block starters (for example - item or ---). They are parsed as nested content inside the blockquote, not as root-level blocks.

Example:

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> quote
  - item in quote
  ---
  text in quote

The list marker and horizontal line marker above stay inside the quote by design.