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duncwebb

Multi line questions in [qanda] block

Hi,

Is it possible to have multi-line questions in a [qanda] block? I currently have:

[qanda]

Some very long question that occupies more than the usual 80 char width for text documents etc. etc. blah?::
The answer.

If I split the Q. across multiple lines, it is not correctly interpreted. The following fails to render correctly:

[qanda]

Some very long question that occupies more than the usual 80 char width for text
documents etc. etc. blah?::
The answer.

I've tried terminating the first line with a :: but then it's seen as a separate question.

Does anyone know if it's possible to split the question over multiple lines and if so, how?

Many thanks,

Duncan Webb

mojavelinux

Re: Multi line questions in [qanda] block

Administrator

It's not possible to split a question across multiple lines in AsciiDoc. This is a constraint that is inherited by the rules of a description list.

This is not the first time this question has come up. In the issue below, I describe a workaround that would allow you to split the question across multiple lines if defined as a document attribute.

See https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues/1196

-Dan

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:41 AM, duncwebb [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi,

Is it possible to have multi-line questions in a [qanda] block? I currently have:

[qanda]

Some very long question that occupies more than the usual 80 char width for text documents etc. etc. blah?::
The answer.

If I split the Q. across multiple lines, it is not correctly interpreted. The following fails to render correctly:

[qanda]

Some very long question that occupies more than the usual 80 char width for text
documents etc. etc. blah?::
The answer.

I've tried terminating the first line with a :: but then it's seen as a separate question.

Does anyone know if it's possible to split the question over multiple lines and if so, how?

Many thanks,

Duncan Webb

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duncwebb

Re: Multi line questions in [qanda] block

Thanks for the workaround Dan, I'll give it a go (much appreciated!)