How to block quote in markdown

To do a block quote in markdown all we need to do is add a greater than symbol > followed by a spacebar before the text like so:

This is

> a block quote

which will give us the following:

a block quote

Most text editors (MDTX included) achieve the same via a greater than > button. When pressed it will add a > and a spacebar into your text so that you can simply start writing the quote from there.

You can also do nested block quotes by simply adding two greater-than symbols and a spacebar before the text in a new line:

This is a

> block quote.

> > nested block quote.

which will give us the following:

block quote.

nested block quote.

You can also use other markdown elements in blockquotes like headers, lists and code blocks like so:

  1. list one
  2. list two

and a (colored!) code block:

def greet(name):
    print(f"Hello, {name}!")

greet("World")