[TYPO3-RTE] making quotations easier

[Robert Markula]

Robert Markula wrote:
> Hello list,
> As far as I can see, there is currently no easy way in to mark text as 
> quote ('blockquote' or 'q') in htmlarea RTE. For the purpose of 
> increased accessibility as well as a clean, semantic markup, it should 
> be easier to mark text as a quote ('q') or blockquote ('blockquote') - 
> especially since quotations are not uncommon on websites.
> 
> Three things that could make an implementation a little bit challenging:
> - <blockquote> requires that the iincluded text is enclosed with a block 
> element, e.g. <blockquote><p>This is a quote</p></blockquote>.
> - On the other hand, the <q> element requires to be enlosed within a 
> block element, e.g. <p>The following text is a quotation: <q>May the 
> force be with you!</q></p>
> - Optionally quotations (be it either blockquote or q) can be 
> referenced, e.g. <p>The following text is a quotation: <q 
> cite="http://www.starwars.org/">May the force be with you!</q></p>
> 
> Would that be worth a feature request?

I filed a bug report [1] for this, because without such an option it is 
almost impossible for an average editor to mark text as a quote.

Cheers,
Ro

[1] http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=3708