Function blockquote

markdown_it/rules_block/blockquote.py:12–340

(state: StateBlock, startLine: int, endLine: int, silent: bool)

def blockquote(state: StateBlock, startLine: int, endLine: int, silent: bool) -> bool:
    LOGGER.debug(
        "entering blockquote: %s, %s, %s, %s", state, startLine, endLine, silent
    )

    oldLineMax = state.lineMax
    pos = state.bMarks[startLine] + state.tShift[startLine]
    max = state.eMarks[startLine]

    if state.is_code_block(startLine):
        return False

    # check the block quote marker
    try:
        if state.src[pos] != ">":
            return False
    except IndexError:
        return False
    pos += 1

    # we know that it's going to be a valid blockquote,
    # so no point trying to find the end of it in silent mode
    if silent:
        return True

    # set offset past spaces and ">"
    initial = offset = state.sCount[startLine] + 1

    try:
        second_char: str | None = state.src[pos]
    except IndexError:
        second_char = None

    # skip one optional space after '>'
    if second_char == " ":
        # ' >   test '
        #     ^ -- position start of line here:
        pos += 1
        initial += 1
        offset += 1
        adjustTab = False
        spaceAfterMarker = True
    elif second_char == "\t":
        spaceAfterMarker = True

        if (state.bsCount[startLine] + offset) % 4 == 3:
            # '  >\t  test '
            #       ^ -- position start of line here (tab has width==1)
            pos += 1
            initial += 1
            offset += 1
            adjustTab = False
        else:
            # ' >\t  test '
            #    ^ -- position start of line here + shift bsCount slightly
            #         to make extra space appear
            adjustTab = True