Add blockquote syntax

6 files changed, 59 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
index 7e7f7ed..cb764d6 100644
--- a/BUGS
+++ b/BUGS
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-Sat Jan 30 21:40:01 CET 2021
+Sun Jan 31 01:16:11 CET 2021
 
-Blockquotes are not yet supported!
-
-Sat Jan 30 01:31:14 CET 2021
-
-A reference list containing only hyperlink references will
-result in an empty <ol> element.  This doesn't matter
-much, as browsers seem to ignore it.
+Because excess spaces are stripped when processing inline formatting,
+there *is* actually more than one way to do it, currently.  It doesn't
+matter too much, but I'd like to fix it eventually.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 470aa2d..072c473 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ reference item.
 
 ---
 
+=== Blockquotes ===
+
+Blockquotes are, in terms of syntax and behavior, actually another
+type of list, started with an initial space, followed by `> `:
+
+	 > This is a quoted paragraph.
+	The paragraph continues on the next line.
+	 > Here begins a new quoted paragraph.
+
+---
+
 === Preformatted blocks ===
 
 _Preformatted blocks start with a single tab:_
diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index c4c8e9f..cd64a87 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -189,6 +189,17 @@ inline references to them link directly to the link rather than the
 reference item.
 </p>
 <hr/>
+<h3>Blockquotes</h3>
+<p>
+Blockquotes are, in terms of syntax and behavior, actually another
+type of list, started with an initial space, followed by <tt>&gt; </tt>:
+</p>
+<pre>
+ &gt; This is a quoted paragraph.
+The paragraph continues on the next line.
+ &gt; Here begins a new quoted paragraph.
+</pre>
+<hr/>
 <h3>Preformatted blocks</h3>
 <p>
 <b>Preformatted blocks start with a single tab:</b>
diff --git a/emparse b/emparse
index 5ddb585..7423bb2 100755
--- a/emparse
+++ b/emparse
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ END { breakblock() }
 
 /^$/							{ breakblock(); getline }
 expectblock && /^  /			{ newblock("table") }
+expectblock && /^ > /			{ newblock("blockquote") }
 expectblock && /^ - /			{ newblock("ul") }
 expectblock && /^ [0-9]+\. /		{ newblock("ol") }
 expectblock && /^ \[[0-9]+\] /	{ newblock("nl") }
@@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ expectblock { newblock("p") }
 
 openblock == "pre" { sub("^	", ""); $0 = escape($0); printf "%s\n", $0; next }
 
+openblock == "blockquote" && /^ > /		{ item(1, "blockquote", line) }
 openblock == "ul" && /^ - /				{ item(1, "ul", line) }
 openblock == "ol" && /^ [0-9]+\. /			{ item(1, "ol", line) }
-#openblock == "nl" && /^ \[[0-9]+\] [^ 	]+$/	{ next }			# hyperlink reference
 openblock == "nl" && /^ \[[0-9]+\] /		{ item(1, "nl", line) }	# text reference
 openblock == "dl" && /^ .*: /				{ term(line) }
 
@@ -135,7 +136,10 @@ function breakblock() {
 		printf "(%s:%d) warning: open <%s> closed at block break\n", ARGV[1], NR, openformat > "/dev/stderr"
 	}
 	if (openitem) {
-		printf "</li>\n"
+		if (openblock == "blockquote")
+			printf "</p>\n"
+		else
+			printf "</li>\n"
 		while (itemlevel-- > 1)
 			closetag(openblock)
 		itemlevel = 1
@@ -160,17 +164,22 @@ function heading(level, line) {
 }
 
 function item(level, type, line) {
+	if (type == "blockquote") {
+		if (openitem) printf "</p>"
+		openitem = 1
+		sub("^ > ", "")
+		printf "<p>"
+		return
+	}
 	if (openitem) printf "</li>"
 	openitem = 1
-	if (type != "nl") {
-		for (; itemlevel < level; itemlevel++) {
-			printf "<%s>\n", type
-			leveltype[itemlevel+1] = type
-		}
-		for (; itemlevel > level; itemlevel--) {
-			printf "</%s>\n", leveltype[itemlevel]
-			leveltype[itemlevel] = ""
-		}
+	for (; itemlevel < level; itemlevel++) {
+		printf "<%s>\n", type
+		leveltype[itemlevel+1] = type
+	}
+	for (; itemlevel > level; itemlevel--) {
+		printf "</%s>\n", leveltype[itemlevel]
+		leveltype[itemlevel] = ""
 	}
 	if (type == "ul") {
 		sub("^ +- ", "")
@@ -185,7 +194,7 @@ function item(level, type, line) {
 	if (type == "nl") {
 		match($0, "\\[[0-9]+\\]")
 		v = substr($0, RSTART+1, RLENGTH-2)
-		sub("^ +\\[[0-9]+\\] ", "")
+		sub("^ \\[[0-9]+\\] ", "")
 		printf "<li value=\"%s\" id=\"ref%s\">", v, v
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test.em b/test.em
index 755736e..2965c09 100644
--- a/test.em
+++ b/test.em
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Here is an asterisk at the end of a word*.
 
 Here is an *unfinished inline formatting tag.
 
+ > Perhaps quotes could be regarded as lists.
+The paragraph goes on until a new "item" comes.
+ > Here, a new paragraph is started.
+Yeah, this seems like a very em-like approach.
+
  - Here is an
 unordered list item.
  - Here is another.
diff --git a/test.html b/test.html
index cd98612..17f5566 100644
--- a/test.html
+++ b/test.html
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ Here is an asterisk at the end of a word*.
 <p>
 Here is an <i>unfinished inline formatting tag.
 </i></p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Perhaps quotes could be regarded as lists.
+The paragraph goes on until a new "item" comes.
+</p><p>Here, a new paragraph is started.
+Yeah, this seems like a very em-like approach.
+</p>
+</blockquote>
 <ul>
 <li>Here is an
 unordered list item.