10.1.1 Example: making quoted text appear in italics

In this example, we copy the predefined rule named QuotedText from the normals.wml file to a file named custom-rules.wml. The definition of the QuotedText rule is:

# QuotedText specifies that text be displayed as a BLOCKQUOTE,
# separated from text above and below by a blank line.
PARAGRAPH "QuotedText" TYPE Normal
{
  CONTEXT Quote
  ACTIONS
  {
    write(*,paragraph(text()));
  }
}

We now edit the copy of the rule to have a new name, QuotedTextItalic, to have a revised comment that describes this new rule, and to use the italic WML function. The definition of the QuotedTextItalic rule is:

# QuotedTextItalic is like QuotedText, but displays in italics.
PARAGRAPH "QuotedTextItalic" TYPE Normal
{
  CONTEXT Quote
  ACTIONS
  {
    write(*,paragraph(italic(text())));
  }
}