I need to change the indentation that the quote and quotation environments and commands employ. I assume that there is some length I need to set, but I've googled around, and cannot find what I am after. So, how to alter the indentation?
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What about something like that ?
\newenvironment{myquote}%
{\list{}{\leftmargin=0.3in\rightmargin=0.3in}\item[]}%
{\endlist}
You can also make the margin size an option:
\newenvironment{myquote}[1]%
{\list{}{\leftmargin=#1\rightmargin=#1}\item[]}%
{\endlist}
And use with:
\begin{myquote}{0.3in}
% ...
\end{myquote}
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5That works, but modifying the original quote environments seems better; with this, I will have to do a global replace of
myquotewithquoteto return to a fully standard document, whereas by modifying the environment itself, commenting out the modification would suffice. Still, +1 and an acceptance in the future if nothing like what I'd envisioned is forthcoming.– vandenCommented Aug 28, 2010 at 2:22 -
16Can't you use \renewenvironment{quote} with the code above instead?– frabjousCommented Aug 28, 2010 at 12:51
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Use the etoolbox package to patch the \quote command.
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd{\quote}{\rightmargin}{\leftmargin 4em \rightmargin}{}{}
(The default definition of \quote is \list{}{\rightmargin\leftmargin}\item\relax.)
answered Aug 28, 2010 at 12:19
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4What's the advantage of using
etoolboxover just a\renewenvironment? Commented Jul 4, 2011 at 21:43 -
6@doncherry: Selectively changing a definition instead of copy-paste-change may have two advantages: a) Updates of other parts of the definition carry over to your change (but should be monitored) b) If the original definition is long, you may save a lot of writing with a concise partial change.– lockstepCommented Jul 4, 2011 at 21:52
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1For the sake of learning by doing, I want to patch the
\quoteand\quotationcommands with\color{blue}or similar, as found in @igor-kotelnikov's answer:\newenvironment{myquotation}{\setlength{\leftmargini}{0em}\color{blue}\quotation}{\endquotation}. Commented May 27, 2017 at 10:53 -
Finally, I've used
\apptocmd{\quote}{\color{blue}}{}{}. Hope this is the right way to it in this case, instead ofpatchcmd. Commented May 27, 2017 at 13:00
I recently released the quoting package which provides a consolidated environment for displayed text as an alternative to quotation and quote. As the main feature, "[f]irst-line indentation is activated by adding a blank line before the quoting environment". With regard to the question at hand: It is also possible to change left-hand and right-hand indentation globally or for single environments using a key--value syntax.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage[leftmargin=3em]{quoting}
\begin{document}
\blindtext
% Removing the comment sign in the following line will activate first-line indentation
%
\begin{quoting}
\blindtext
\end{quoting}
\blindtext
%
\begin{quoting}[leftmargin=\parindent]
\blindtext
\end{quoting}
\blindtext
\end{document}
answered Aug 15, 2011 at 13:25
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Thanks. I realised this whole time that I imported the quoting environment but was using quotation instead of quote in my tex.– craastadCommented Mar 26, 2017 at 8:20
\advance\leftmargini 2em before \begin{quote} or \begin{quotation}.
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5I haven't tried this, but if you enclose the entire thing in a \begingroup and \endgroup then it should localize the effect. Commented Aug 27, 2010 at 13:49
I would modify fredz's answer a bit:
\newenvironment{myquotation}{\setlength{\leftmargini}{0em}\quotation}{\endquotation}
This preserves identation in the beginning of paragraphs. For my own needs I have
\newenvironment{myquotation}{\setlength{\leftmargini}{0em}\color{blue}\quotation}{\endquotation}
to print long quotations in blue color.
answered Sep 16, 2012 at 11:05
