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"100%" simply makes the right close-quote disappear
(+docs; Great Scott! Pull quotes within pull quotes, Marty! We've created a time paradox!)
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:'''Parameter 2''': The source. Who said it?
:'''Parameter 2''': The source. Who said it?
:'''color''': The color of the quote marks! The default is "silver"; here, we used "color=blue".
:'''color''': The color of the quote marks! The default is "silver"; here, we used "color=blue".
:'''width''': The overall width of the box as a percentage of the screen; default is "auto". This doesn't seem to work, however.
:'''width''': The overall width of the box as a percentage of the screen; default is "auto". This parameter doesn't seem to work properly, however.
:'''inset''': How far over to put the quote box. It doesn't seem to accomplish much good to set this. Default is 10%.
:'''inset''': How far over to put the quote box. It doesn't seem to accomplish much good to set this. Default is 10%.
:'''size''': The font size, in the unit that you specify (default is 3.6em).
:'''size''': The font size, in the unit that you specify (default is 3.6em).
|color=blue|width=100%}}
|color=blue}}


{{Pullquote|P.S.: In order to use an equals sign, you have to specify the text body explicitly as parameter 1: <nowiki>{{Pullquote|1=E = mc<sup>2</sup>, but templates are confusing.|2=Albert Einstein}}</nowiki> yields<br /><br />{{Pullquote|1=E = mc<sup>2</sup>, but templates are confusing.|2=Albert Einstein}}This is simply because the template thinks the first equals sign it encounters is referring to a parameter being set, and it gets confused. Note that you also have to assign parameter 2, the source, manually in this case.}}
{{Pullquote|P.S.: In order to use an equals sign, you have to specify the text body explicitly as parameter 1: <nowiki>{{Pullquote|1=E = mc<sup>2</sup>, but templates are confusing.|2=Albert Einstein}}</nowiki> yields<br /><br />{{Pullquote|1=E = mc<sup>2</sup>, but templates are confusing.|2=Albert Einstein}}This is simply because the template thinks the first equals sign it encounters is referring to a parameter being set, and it gets confused. Note that you also have to assign parameter 2, the source, manually in this case.}}


[[Category:Basic formatting templates]]</noinclude>
[[Category:Basic formatting templates]]</noinclude>