Posted by G�rard Talbot on 11/28/05 04:12

Vinayak wrote :
>
> Hi
>
> Using Mozilla composer, how to show quoted text ?

Your question is about semantic markup. Either q or blockquote will
render quoted text.

HTML 4.01
Section 9.2.2 Quotations: The BLOCKQUOTE and Q elements
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#edef-Q
The difference being "BLOCKQUOTE is for long quotations (block-level
content) and Q is intended for short quotations (inline content) that
don't require paragraph breaks."

>
> and ... How to decide the indent / margin (in inches or chars) for
> quoted text ?
>

Either text-indent or margin

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#propdef-margin

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#propdef-text-indent

Note that browser manufacturers will render blockquote with a default
horizontal (left and right) margin.

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