how to markup a quotation?

Question

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.

score 58 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '16 at 02:33

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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

answered Oct 06 '16 at 02:33

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You can insert `#+BEGIN_QUOTE` and `#+END_QUOTE` lines quickly by typing ` – Oct 06 '16 at 15:18
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Is 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. – n1k31t4 Jun 27 '18 at 19:02
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Newer versions of Org-mode do not have ` – Fernando Basso Sep 08 '19 at 23:00
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@FernandoBasso you can still have ` – Christian Herenz Apr 22 '20 at 14:36
(Thank you @FernandoBasso, I noticed that ` – Paul Bissex May 12 '21 at 16:36

Ynjxsjmh · Answer 2 · 2021-03-07T11:44:43.317

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.

should `#+BEGIN_EXPORT html... ` added top of the file? – alper May 11 '23 at 09:53 — alper, May 11 '23 at 09:53
@alper I think any place in the file is ok. – Ynjxsjmh May 11 '23 at 11:06 — Ynjxsjmh, May 11 '23 at 11:06

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