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I have an issue with the double quote in my quotation.
Using "OpenGL....." results in ÖpenGL... even with \"OpenGL... the result is the same.
Using \verb results in double quotes in a wrong font type (at least it looks out of place).
\begin{quotation}
"OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) ist eine Spezifikation für eine plattform-
und programmiersprachenunabhängige Programmierschnittstelle zur
Entwicklung von 2D- und 3D-Computergrafik."
\end{quotation}
Do not use " for quoting, use `` and '' (English quotes) or "`
and "' (German quotes, needs babel, see below) instead:
\begin{quotation}
"`OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) ist eine Spezifikation für eine plattform-
und programmiersprachenunabhängige Programmierschnittstelle zur
Entwicklung von 2D- und 3D-Computergrafik."'
\end{quotation}
The babel package with the german/ngerman option does the "O -> Ö translation. This is to for (old) systems which do not have the Umlauts.
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}, hope that is correct?!
– WarrenFaith
Feb 11 '11 at 18:13
csquotes package. (Background for the OP: "+character is special when support for german is loaded, so that "a yields ä etc. If you don't like csquotes, "` and "' will yield proper quotes.)
– Ulrich Schwarz
Feb 11 '11 at 18:14
".
– Martin Scharrer♦
Feb 11 '11 at 18:21
csquotes, but I tried not to give too much information.
– Martin Scharrer♦
Feb 11 '11 at 18:21
The csquotes package has been mentioned several times, so I decided to make a small example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\SetBlockEnvironment{quotation}
\begin{document}
\begin{displayquote}
\enquote{%
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) ist eine Spezifikation für eine plattform- und
programmiersprachenunabhängige Programmierschnittstelle zur Entwicklung von
2D- und 3D-Computergrafik.%
}%
\end{displayquote}
\end{document}
Note that display quotes are usually set without quotation marks.
\shorthandoff{"}could help, see thebabeldocumentation for this command. Though it's recommendable to quote in another way, as the answers show. – Stefan Kottwitz♦ Feb 11 '11 at 18:25