> *[@username](profile_link)* said:
>
> > Original quote from the person
>
> Source: [Link to the source](source_link)
For example:
> [@GodOfThunder@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/u/GodOfThunder) said:
>
> > How would you quote someone using CommonMark markdown syntax?
>
> [Source](https://lemm.ee/post/1063209)
Very customizable. I do wish you could simply highlight some text and click the quote button, but this is fine. It's weird that you need a blank quote link in order to connect two lines of quotes.
I would like to know what template would people prefer.
Nah, it's so that every line in the quotes is connected without having to have an extra ending notation.
Like the way spoliers work on lemmy, you have to ::: at the end, or the software doesn't know that you're done.
With quotes, though, that can't work because you'd need two symbols, which is more confusing than just making sure that every line in quote block is fronted with the >
For example:
Result:
Very customizable. I do wish you could simply highlight some text and click the quote button, but this is fine. It's weird that you need a blank quote link in order to connect two lines of quotes.
Nah, it's so that every line in the quotes is connected without having to have an extra ending notation.
Like the way spoliers work on lemmy, you have to ::: at the end, or the software doesn't know that you're done.
With quotes, though, that can't work because you'd need two symbols, which is more confusing than just making sure that every line in quote block is fronted with the >