block-string

Block textus literals with embedded quotes and newlines.

Aliases: «...»

Syntax: «<text>»

Category

literal

Related

• string
• textus

Examples

examples/corpus/literalia/block-string.fab (canonical · existing-home)

Block textus literals with embedded quotes and newlines.

# literalia/block-string — « ... » literals
#
# GRAMMAR:
#   blockStringLit :← '«' ... '»'
#
# EXPECTED OUTPUT:
#   he said "salve", line one

incipit {
    fixum _ quote ← «he said "salve"»
    nota quote

    fixum _ multiline ← «line one
still line one»
    nota multiline.sectio(0, 8)
}

Expected output:

he said "salve"
line one