Markdown is usually very convenient and simple.
Quotes in markdown usually work like > quoted text.
Quoted text.
But when quoting large blocks of text, one can't use <blockquote> or [quote] tags.
One has to put > infront of every paragraph separately and between the blank lines.
Of course, one can copy-paste the text into a text editor and add a > infront of each line using regular expressions, but the average user can not do that, and it is not convenient.
Markdown is usually very convenient and simple.
Quotes in markdown usually work like `> quoted text`.
> Quoted text.
But when quoting large blocks of text, one can't use `<blockquote>` or `[quote]` tags.
One has to put `>` **infront of every paragraph separately and between the blank lines.**
Of course, one can copy-paste the text into a text editor and add a `>` infront of each line using regular expressions, but the average user can not do that, and it is not convenient.
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