Can I create one command for quoting?

Question

I would like to get this result:

I currently use this piece to get the result:

\glqq{\textit{Analysis II}}\grqq{}

Can I create a single command like the following to get the desired result?

\quoteitalic{Analysis II}

Answer 1

When dealing with quotes the csquotes package is most convenient. Then you won’t have to use \glqq and \grqq at all. The basic usage would be:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{csquotes}

\begin{document}
\enquote{\textit{Analysis II}}
\end{document}

Of course you can make your italic quotes into a custom macro with

\newcommand\iquote[1]{\enquote{\textit{#1}}}

and use it as \iquote{Analysis II}. Personally I like to use unicode quotation marks. To enable them use \MakeAutoQuote{“}{”} and apply them as “\textit{Analysis II}”. This way no custom macro is necessary. (When using PdfLaTeX, add \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}.)

csquotes allows you to have language-specific quotes without changing the quotation itself. Furthermore you can nest those quotes, e.g.

Professor: “Use the book “\textit{Analysis II}” as a reference.”

would show as

when using the default language setting.

Answer 2

You can use:

 \newcommand{\quoteitalic}[1]{\glqq\textit{#1}\grqq}

Notes:

• As Qrrbrbirlbel commented, \glqq does not have a parameter, so I have corrected the definition of the \quoteitalic macro.

Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\newcommand{\quoteitalic}[1]{\glqq\textit{#1}\grqq}

\begin{document}
\glqq{\textit{Analysis II}}\grqq{}

\quoteitalic{Analysis II}
\end{document}