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liljenstolpe

Using italics within a quote citation

Greetings,

I've looked for this, but haven't found a good answer yet. I'm trying to do the following

[quote, Some author in _their book_]
____
The quote
____

However, the rendered out put is:

Some author in _their book_

not

Some author in their book

Is it possible to do this?

David Jencks

Re: Using italics within a quote citation

Hi,

When I try quotes the attribution text is already in italics?

It looks like this alternate quotes syntax allows you to get quotes substitution in the attribution:

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing,
and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Papers of Thomas Jefferson: *Volume 11*

35.1.1. Quoted paragraph

I think it only works for a single paragraph though.

Hope this is relevant :-)

David Jencks

On May 29, 2020, at 4:37 PM, liljenstolpe [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Greetings,

I've looked for this, but haven't found a good answer yet. I'm trying to do the following

[quote, Some author in _their book_]
____
The quote
____

However, the rendered out put is:

Some author in _their book_

not

Some author in their book

Is it possible to do this?

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mojavelinux

Re: Using italics within a quote citation

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In reply to this post by liljenstolpe

Yes, you need to enable substitutes of the positional attribute by enclosing it single quotes (kind of like interpolation in a programming language)

[quote, 'Some author in _their book_']

Cheers,

-Dan

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 5:37 PM liljenstolpe [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Greetings,

I've looked for this, but haven't found a good answer yet. I'm trying to do the following

[quote, Some author in _their book_]
____
The quote
____

However, the rendered out put is:

Some author in _their book_

not

Some author in their book

Is it possible to do this?

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