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<cd:shortdesc>
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The instances of <tt>\start<i>delimitedtext</i> ... \stop<i>delimitedtext</i></tt> are used for ..wrap some markup around a (usually short) block of text.
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<cd:sequence>
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<cd:instances>
<cd:constant value="quotation">Unlike {{cmd|quotation}}, {{cmd|quote}}, and {{cmd|startquote}}, <code>\startquotation</code> sets its contents off in their own, slightly narrower paragraph. It differs from {{cmd|startnarrower}} in that it also places quotation marks at the beginning and end of its contents. The argument <code>left</code>, <code>right</code>, or <code>middle</code> respectively specify that the paragraphs should be narrower on the left, the right, or on both sides.</cd:constant> <cd:constant value="quote">By default, {{cmd|startquote}} behaves the same as {{cmd|quote}}.</cd:constant>
<cd:constant value="blockquote"></cd:constant>
<cd:constant value="speech"></cd:constant>
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<cd:examples>
<cd:example title="">
<context source="yes">
\setuppapersize[A5]
\enableregime[utf]
\setupindenting[yes, small]
\setupquote[color=red, left=«, right=»]
As we were clad only in hats and shoes the snake had a distinct advantage,
of which, for some reason, it did not make use; it just lay there and
looked at us, while we discussed its capture in whispers and without moving.
\startquote There's a bit of string in my trousers pocket, \stopquote\ said Bob, helpfully.
\quote{All right, I'll nip back and fetch it. You keep an eye on the snake.}
\rightaligned{--- Gerald Durrell, {\it Three Singles to Adventure}}
</context>
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<cd:example>
<context source="yes">
\setuppapersize[A5]
This is how \quotation{Watership Down}, by Richard Adams, starts:
\startquotation[left]
The primroses were over. Towards the edge of the wood, where
the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a
brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches of pale
yellow still showed among the dog's mercury and oak-tree
roots. On the other side of the fence, the upper part of the
field was full of rabbit-holes.
\stopquotation
</context>
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<cd:notes>
<cd:source file="typo-del.mkiv" originator="system"></cd:source>
<cd:wikipage originator="system" page="Category:Language"></cd:wikipage>
<cd:commandref name="startnarrower">for offset text without surrounding quotation marks</cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="setupalign">to turn hanging punctuation ("protrusion") on or off.</cd:commandref>
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