CLI block quote — cli_blockquote • cli

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(), cli_bullets_raw(), 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(), cli_status_update(), cli_text(), cli_ul(), format_error(), format_inline()