cli_blockquote: CLI block quote

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CLI block quote

Description

A section that is quoted from another source. It is typically indented.

Usage

cli_blockquote(
  quote,
  citation = NULL,
  id = NULL,
  class = NULL,
  .envir = parent.frame()
)

Arguments

quote	Text of the quotation.
citation	Source of the quotation, typically a link or the name of a person.
id	Element id, a string. If NULL, then a new id is generated and returned.
class	Class name, sting. Can be used in themes.
.envir	Environment to evaluate the glue expressions in. It is also used to auto-close the container if .auto_close is TRUE.

Details

evil <- paste(
  "The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time",
  "worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong",
  "times; premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least",
  "most of it) in programming.")
cli_blockquote(evil, citation = "Donald Ervin Knuth")

#>                                                                                 
#>     “The real problem is that programmers have spent far                        
#>     too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong                        
#>     places and at the wrong times; premature optimization                       
#>     is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in                         
#>     programming.”                                                               
#>     — Donald Ervin Knuth                                                        
#>                                                                                 

See Also

This function supports inline markup.

Other functions supporting inline markup: cli_abort(), cli_alert(), cli_bullets_raw(), cli_bullets(), cli_dl(), cli_h1(), cli_li(), cli_ol(), cli_process_start(), cli_progress_along(), cli_progress_bar(), cli_progress_message(), cli_progress_output(), cli_progress_step(), cli_rule, cli_status_update(), cli_status(), cli_text(), cli_ul(), format_error(), format_inline()

cli documentation built on March 31, 2023, 9:04 p.m.