How do I specify a quote in org-mode so that it is rendered nicely in github? In markdown it is rendered like so:
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
- albert enstein
thanks in advance.
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When quoting a passage from another document, it is customary to format this as a paragraph that is indented on both the left and the right margin. You can include quotations in Org mode documents like this:
#+BEGIN_QUOTE
Everything should be made as simple as possible,
but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
#+END_QUOTE
This information in available in the org manual
When you convert your file to html then your text will be as shown below
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43You can insert
#+BEGIN_QUOTEand#+END_QUOTElines quickly by typing<qand then pressing TAB.– user12563Commented Oct 6, 2016 at 15:18 -
2Is there a way to actually add formatting options to the quote in orgmode? E.g.
#+BEGIN_QUOTE -gray_background -blue_margin ...? Just a silly example, but I'd like to get nice formatting like the OP's.– n1k31t4Commented Jun 27, 2018 at 19:02 -
18Newer versions of Org-mode do not have
<q TAB, but ratherC-c C-, q(and its ilk). Commented Sep 8, 2019 at 23:00 -
9@FernandoBasso you can still have
<q TABshortcut - you need to enable theorg-temposub-module to have these structure template shorthands orgmode.org/manual/Structure-Templates.html Commented Apr 22, 2020 at 14:36 -
1(Thank you @FernandoBasso, I noticed that
<qhad stopped working and was bereft!) Commented May 12, 2021 at 16:36
If you want to get nice formatting, you can customize the CSS of blockquote element.
Why blockquote element? If you use browser's inspect function to inspect the quote block, you can find its style is controlled by blockquote element.
Below is an example of StackExchange like quote block, you can find the configuration by using inspect function.
#+BEGIN_EXPORT html
<style>
blockquote {
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 10px;
background-color: #FFF8DC;
border-left: 2px solid #ffeb8e;
border-left-color: rgb(255, 228, 102);
display: block;
margin-block-start: 1em;
margin-block-end: 1em;
margin-inline-start: 40px;
margin-inline-end: 40px;
}
</style>
#+END_EXPORT
#+BEGIN_QUOTE
Everything should be made as simple as possible,
but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
#+END_QUOTE
It renders like
In addition to writing css yourself, you can use alhassy/org-special-block-extras which offers a number of new custom blocks and link types.
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@n1k31t4 were you looking for this solution? Asking you based on the comment you made to the above answer– PrasannaCommented Apr 1 at 14:49