<refentry id="quote.element">
<?dbhtml filename="quote.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>quote</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>quote</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>quote</refname>
<refpurpose>&quote.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&quote.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
<sgmltag>Quote</sgmltag> surrounds an inline quotation. Using an
element for quotations is frequently more convenient than
entering the <link linkend="s-specchar">character entities</link>
for the quotation marks by hand, and makes it possible for
a presentation system to alter the format of the quotation
marks.
</para>
<para>
Block quotations are properly identified as
<sgmltag>BlockQuote</sgmltag>s.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.inline; The <sgmltag>Quote</sgmltag> element is expected to generate
the proper quotation marks.  These may be influenced by the 
<sgmltag class='attribute'>Lang</sgmltag> attribute on an ancestor element.
For example,
a quote in French might use &laquo;guillemets&raquo; instead of
English &ldquo;quote marks.&rdquo;
</para>
</refsect2>

<refsect2 role='fu' revision="4.0"><title>&FutureChanges;</title>
<para>
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&fu.interfacedefinition;
</para>
</refsect2>


&quote.parents.gen;
&quote.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&quote.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&quote.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

<anchor id="ex.os.quote.1" role="HACK-ex.out.start"/>
&quote.example.1.gen;
<anchor id="ex.oe.quote.1" role="HACK-ex.out.end"/>

&quote.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

