cm_blockquotes.md

Example 191

Foo

bar baz

Example 192

The spaces after the > characters can be omitted:

Bar

bar baz

Example 193

The > characters can be indented 1-3 spaces:

Baz

bar baz

Example 194

Four spaces gives us a code block:

> # Qux
> bar
> baz

Example 195

The Laziness clause allows us to omit the > before paragraph continuation text:

Quux

bar baz

Example 196

A block quote can contain some lazy and some non-lazy continuation lines:

bar baz foo

Example 197

Laziness only applies to lines that would have been continuations of paragraphs had they been prepended with block quote markers. For example, the > cannot be omitted in the second line of

foo

---

without changing the meaning.

Example 198

Similarly, if we omit the `>` in the second line then the block quote ends after the first line:

> - foo
- bar

Example 199

For the same reason, we can’t omit the > in front of subsequent lines of an indented or fenced code block:

foo

bar

Example 200

> ```
foo
```

<blockquote>
<pre><code></code></pre>
</blockquote>
<p>foo</p>
<pre><code></code></pre>

Example 201

> foo
    - bar

<blockquote>
<p>foo
- bar</p>
</blockquote>

Example 202

A block quote can be empty:

Example 203

Example 204

A block quote can have initial or final blank lines:

foo

Example 205

A blank line always separates block quotes:

foo

bar

Example 206

Consecutiveness means that if we put these block quotes together, we get a single block quote:

foo bar

Example 207

To get a block quote with two paragraphs, use:

foo

bar

Example 208

Block quotes can interrupt paragraphs:

foo

bar

Example 209

In general, blank lines are not needed before or after block quotes:

aaa

---

bbb

Example 210

However, because of laziness, a blank line is needed between a block quote and a following paragraph:

bar baz

Example 211

bar

baz

Example 212

bar

baz

Example 213

It is a consequence of the Laziness rule that any number of initial >s may be omitted on a continuation line of a nested block quote:

foo bar

Example 214

foo bar baz

Example 215

When including an indented code block in a block quote, remember that the block quote marker includes both the > and a following space. So five spaces are needed after the >:

code

not code