Posted by Vinayak on 11/28/05 16:58

Gérard Talbot wrote:

> 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.
>
> Gérard
> --
> remove blah to email me


Thanks to all those who answered on this thread

blogger doesn't seem to accept <blockquote> at least it just indents the
para and does not show the quoted text in different background

I shall try <Q> , </Q> an revert

Regards

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