* Nested quote blocks?
@ 2020-03-03 17:57 Tim Visher
2020-03-03 18:26 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-03-04 7:27 ` Fraga, Eric
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From: Tim Visher @ 2020-03-03 17:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello,
Is there a way to get nested quotes blocks to work?
AFAICT:
```
#+begin_quote
foo
#+begin_quote
bar
#+end_quote
bat
#end_quote
```
Doesn't work.
Ideally I'm kind of looking for a full functional sub org context inside
there. Maybe I should be using some kind of source block?
--
In Christ,
Timmy V.
https://blog.twonegatives.com
https://five.sentenc.es
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* Re: Nested quote blocks?
2020-03-03 17:57 Nested quote blocks? Tim Visher
@ 2020-03-03 18:26 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2020-03-04 7:27 ` Fraga, Eric
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2020-03-03 18:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tim Visher; +Cc: Emacs Org Mode mailing list
Hello,
Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there a way to get nested quotes blocks to work?
No, you cannot nest quote blocks.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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* Re: Nested quote blocks?
2020-03-03 17:57 Nested quote blocks? Tim Visher
2020-03-03 18:26 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2020-03-04 7:27 ` Fraga, Eric
2020-03-04 17:57 ` Tim Visher
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From: Fraga, Eric @ 2020-03-04 7:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tim Visher; +Cc: Emacs Org Mode mailing list
On Tuesday, 3 Mar 2020 at 12:57, Tim Visher wrote:
> Is there a way to get nested quotes blocks to work?
What is your actual goal? That is, what you do mean by "to work"? I
ask because although, as Nicolas has said, you cannot do this directly
with org, you can achieve some specific goals with special blocks and/or
drawers. For instance, if your goal were to export to LaTeX, this code
would do the job:
#+begin_src org
,#+latex_header: \let\myquote\quote
,* testing nested blocks
Joe said:
,#+begin_quote
This is the outer block.
,#+begin_myquote
and this is the inner block
,#+end_myquote
followed by the outer block.
,#+end_quote
and that is all folks.
#+end_src
--
: Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-354-g9d5880
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* Re: Nested quote blocks?
2020-03-04 7:27 ` Fraga, Eric
@ 2020-03-04 17:57 ` Tim Visher
2020-03-05 6:45 ` Fraga, Eric
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From: Tim Visher @ 2020-03-04 17:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fraga, Eric; +Cc: Emacs Org Mode mailing list
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Thanks for responding, Eric. :)
On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:28 AM Fraga, Eric <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 3 Mar 2020 at 12:57, Tim Visher wrote:
> > Is there a way to get nested quotes blocks to work?
>
> What is your actual goal? That is, what you do mean by "to work"? I
> ask because although, as Nicolas has said, you cannot do this directly
> with org, you can achieve some specific goals with special blocks and/or
> drawers. For instance, if your goal were to export to LaTeX, this code
> would do the job:
>
> #+begin_src org
> ,#+latex_header: \let\myquote\quote
> ,* testing nested blocks
> Joe said:
>
> ,#+begin_quote
> This is the outer block.
>
> ,#+begin_myquote
> and this is the inner block
> ,#+end_myquote
>
> followed by the outer block.
> ,#+end_quote
>
> and that is all folks.
> #+end_src
>
I can demonstrate my goal with Markdown like so
<https://gist.github.com/timvisher/9500d76d609c593b6bcfbb1c6c529ae5>. If
you view the raw file
<https://gist.githubusercontent.com/timvisher/9500d76d609c593b6bcfbb1c6c529ae5/raw/1c5d16ee9c4ad6e33d99f450e5f6e8ce323bdd83/x.md>
you
can see how the quote level nests and yet all of Markdown's markup is
rendered as well. Thus each block quoting 'level' is a fully functional
Markdown context.
IIUC, your solution should work but it's necessarily tied to specific
export backends, right? I would be happy if it could be made to work for
the HTML because that's often my intermediary form these days for getting
text out of Org into something others find less intimidating. :)
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* Re: Nested quote blocks?
2020-03-04 17:57 ` Tim Visher
@ 2020-03-05 6:45 ` Fraga, Eric
2020-03-05 16:14 ` Tim Visher
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From: Fraga, Eric @ 2020-03-05 6:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tim Visher; +Cc: Emacs Org Mode mailing list
On Wednesday, 4 Mar 2020 at 12:57, Tim Visher wrote:
> Thanks for responding, Eric. :)
You're very welcome!
> IIUC, your solution should work but it's necessarily tied to specific
> export backends, right?
It is partly but the general concept of using special blocks works for
HTML also. You end up with code that looks like this:
,----
| <div class="myquote">
| <p>
| and this is the inner block
| </p>
|
| </div>
`----
which means you can customize its appearance using appropriate CSS code.
--
: Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-354-g9d5880
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* Re: Nested quote blocks?
2020-03-05 6:45 ` Fraga, Eric
@ 2020-03-05 16:14 ` Tim Visher
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From: Tim Visher @ 2020-03-05 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fraga, Eric; +Cc: Emacs Org Mode mailing list
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On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 1:45 AM Fraga, Eric <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> > IIUC, your solution should work but it's necessarily tied to specific
> > export backends, right?
>
> It is partly but the general concept of using special blocks works for
> HTML also. You end up with code that looks like this:
>
> ,----
> | <div class="myquote">
> | <p>
> | and this is the inner block
> | </p>
> |
> | </div>
> `----
>
> which means you can customize its appearance using appropriate CSS code.
Sounds great. I'll try to hack on this when I have some free time. :)
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