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Old 07-20-2009, 11:29 AM   #12
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That would be using the "quotes" property, right? Unfortunately, it appears "quotes" is not supported in the current ePUB spec.
Darn! RTFM, Ankh, RTFM.

Thanks Jellby, although I still don't see the logic behind omission of that specific css property from ePub spec.

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Another problem: How does it work with multi-paragraph quotes? I believe the usual English practice is to add an opening quote character before each new paragraph, while in Spanish it's the closing quote. And verses or letters inside a quoted text?
I would not mind treating that as an exception and revert to hard-coding quotes into the text. Those situations are rare, right?
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