Questions tagged [csquotes]
{csquotes} is a package for making context-sensitive inline and display quotations.
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`foreigndisplaycquote`-environment using `csquotes`, `biblatex` and `polyglossia` and Persian as other language
I am using the foreigndisplaycquote-environment from the csquotes package for longer quotations in foreign languages in my document. It is set up like this:
\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes}
\...
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Define a new language alias for babel
I'd like to define a babel language alias, which works identically as the original for the usual language selectors, babel ones, or derived ones, such as those of csquotes and biblatex. Ideally, babel ...
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Unable to use csquote’s \enquote with lettrine
I’m not quite sure how to get csquote’s \enquote to work nicely with lettrine. Should I just enter “ and ” manually (see code block below)? (Note that I’m writing “ manually because not even `` works ...
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AUCTeX Multifile Document with csquotes undetected
I am using AUCTeX 13.2.1 in emacs 28.1 and I have a multifile document setup where my master file is called these.tex and an included file is called chapter_01.tex in a subdirectory.
In the preamble ...
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Problem with 'memoir' v3.8 and 'csquotes'
With the latest update of memoir (v.3.8) I detect an error if I also load csquotes and defines active quotes in the following way:
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\MakeBlockQuote{<}{|}...
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Single Guillemets in LaTeX
I am looking for a way to enquote using single (›ABC‹), not double (»ABC«) Guillemets. I am currently using the csquotes package but can't figure it out since I'm still new to LaTeX.
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CSquotes package displays a [?] at end of quote
I have this babel template. The problem is that the csquotes package produces a '[?]' at the end. How can I remove it please?
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{report}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[...
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How to control vertical white space in csquote's \hyphenblockquote?
I am using the \hyphenblockquote{french}{} command. How can I control the space above or below?
MWE:
\documentclass[openright,french,ngerman,italian,british]{book}
\usepackage[main=british,italian,...
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Why does the csquotes package change the spacefactor?
The csquotes package changes the \spacefactor of several punctuation characters when they are used inside quotations. In \nonfrenchspacing, the \spacefactor of ? and ! are changed from 3000 to 3002 ...
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How to redefine csquotes quotations in british English style?
Have a look at the following code. I wonder why it isn't working with the single quotes.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=british]{csquotes}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{CharisSIL}
\...
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csquotes - How to remove the indentation of the "quotation" environment, according to titlecase
I am a very satisfied user of csquotes. Below a mwe using quotes in display mode.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[threshold=0]{csquotes}
\MakeBlockQuote{<}{|}{>}
\SetBlockEnvironment{...
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The 'csquotes' package produces wrong quotation marks in a bilingual Hebrew-English document
A short description of the problem
In a bilingual document whose main language is Hebrew and whose secondary language is English, using the csquotes package to typeset quotes produces wrong quotation ...
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General Spacing Solution When Using Cabin Font, Csquotes, and Pdflatex
This post is related to the question asked in How to Increase the Space Between a Letter and Its Apostrophe with Cabin.
Consider the code
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[sfdefault]{cabin}
\...
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`` and '' quotes not working in Latex and csquotes not working either [closed]
I just wanted to share that I solved this problem. Using \usepackage{palatino} will block \usepackage{csquotes} and it it will also mess up your backtick and apostrophe quotes (otherwise known as ...
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Deactivate Special Character Conversion with quotation marks
Having this in TeX:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\begin{document}
"Error"\\
"Server"
\end{document}
compiles to
Ërror"
SServer&...
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No protrusion into left margin with Nordic quotation marks with microtype, babel and csquotes
I want opening quotation marks to protrude into the left margin. And all is fine and dandy as long as I use English, but Nordic languages use \textquotedblright (”) for both opening and closing quotes....
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cquotes: foreignblockquote across pages with documentclass memoir
When using foreinblockquote from csquotes with the class memoir, if the quote spreads across pages, the document won't compile but will fail with the message "Missing } inserted."
The ...
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Gap between quotation marks with csquotes, for example with mathpazo
It has been my belief that csquotes takes care of the need to have some whitespace between consecutive opening or closing quotation marks, so you don't have to add a \thinspace at the right place as ...
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How to get `\enquote` command to work when nested inside `\uline` command?
When writing \uline{\enquote{test}}, the result is typeset but a square is added and LaTeX throws an error
Package csquotes Error: Unbalanced groups or invalid nesting.
\uline{\enquote{test}}
\...
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Incorrect Spacing Between Sentences Ellipsis
I am testing using increased spacing between sentences. I am finding that LaTeX does not add spacing at the end of a sentence that ends in an ellipsis or an ellipsis followed by a closing quote. I ...
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How can I use \MakeOuterQuote{"} in combination with l3doc package?
Consider this TeX file
\documentclass{l3doc}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\MakeOuterQuote{"}
\begin{document}
\enquote{hello} "hello"
\end{document}
I want to use " as the quote ...
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The geometry package is stretching my quoteblock
I am having trouble understanding how to fix this.
I have a latex command for a block-quote, that I found somewhere else on this site. The sentence I want to quote, however, is stretched on two lines.
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Kerning for German «Guillemets» automatically input by csquotes
Kindly consider this MWE:
%!TeX program = lualatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[shorthands=off,main=ngerman,english]{babel}
\usepackage{cochineal}
\usepackage[german = guillemets]{csquotes} ...
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\blockquote outputting unpredictably
I am writing a thesis in Overleaf in which I am using a lot of quotations. To output these nicely I decided to use the \blockquote command from \usepackage{csquotes} as follows:
{\footnotesize\...
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Reference towards a displayquote - Csquotes
I have multiple displayquotes in a page, and I want to reference a specific one later in the text : e.g. Given the previous phrase (specific ref here) ...
I have already tried : \label{itm:phrase_book}...
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Change font size for blockquotes
Using the eisvogel template, which uses csquote and Koma-Script packages, I'd like to change the font size of blockquotes to small/10-11 pt.
Thanks.
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footnote inside csquotes' blockquote: fails if microtype is loaded
The following MCE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{csquotes}
% \usepackage{microtype}
\begin{document}
\blockquote{foo\footnote{bar.}.}
\end{document}
compiles like a charm but it is not the case ...
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Possible conflict between `csquotes` and `lua-widow-control`
My MWE is shown below:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verse}
\usepackage{csquotes}
% \usepackage{lua-widow-control}
\begin{document}
\begin{verse}
\enquote{And has thou slain the Jabberwock?\\
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csquotes + biblatex: `\blockquote` behaves unexpectedly when using `\citefield`
This seems to be about the combination of the two packages biblatex and csquotes.
I use the \blockquote command from the csquotes package to set a quote that has several lines (more than csquotes ...
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How to Properly Typeset a Set of Nonclosed Quotations
I would like to properly typeset (with csquotes, if possible) the nonclosed red quotations produced by the following code:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{...
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Polyglossia interferes with csquotes' ability to automatically switch between quotation styles
I am working on a document that uses both the polyglossia and the csquotes package. However polyglossia stops the automatic switch between quotation styles (according to the selected language) from ...
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Nested blockquotes in latex
Within Markdown it is possible to use nested blockquotes, which looks like this:
Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle.
The Witch bade her clean the pots and kettles ...
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Multi-Paragraph Speech with Automatic Speech Marks
I would like to know if I can have a paragraph break in speech and have the speech marks appear automatically. This would help with converting long text from British style to American style for ...
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Can I use \MakeOuterQuote{"} in combination with tikzpicture?
I use the command \MakeOuterQuote{"} in my preamble, which seems to raise an error when using quotation marks inside a tikzpicture. How can I solve this problem?
Zarko's solution is over here: ...
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csquotes option thresholdtype=words gives error [closed]
A student of mine recently had a question concerning the \blockquote command of the csquotes package.
He asked, why some blockquotes had quotes, while others didn't. Regarding the manual, I planned ...
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microtype, csquotes active quotes and itemize interaction
I've met today a bad interaction between microtype, csquotes autoquotes, and the itemize environment, essentially leading to a "forgotten \endgroup" error.
A MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Manually insert the extra thin space csquotes includes between nested quotation marks?
I have a peculiar problem with csquotes. When using fontspec a quote with a terminal apostrophe has no spacing between the apostrophe and the quotation mark. If I disable fontspec (comment out lines 3–...
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Issue with tapuscrit style and bibtex
I'm writing my PhD thesis in markdown and using Bibtex with Zotero. I'm having some issues with the quotation style I'm using, which is a slightly modified version of the tapuscrit, when converting my ...
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How can I change » to a blank space in multi-line \textquote?
When using \textquote in multi-line text, subsequent lines start with ». I would like to change » to one or more blanks spaces.
Is it possible to do this?
EMV:
% !TeX program = lualatex
\documentclass[...
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BibLaTeX: Properly quoting titles containing quotes
Please take a look at this MWE:
\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage[shorthands=off,main=ngerman,english]{babel}
\usepackage[german=quotes]{csquotes}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{...
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How can I get csquotes and babel to set a display environment RTL (for Hebrew or Syriac)?
I'm using csquotes and babel (compiled with LuaLaTeX in case that's significant) with text primarily in English but quoting Hebrew and Syriac which needs to be set RTL. Everything works, with the ...
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Change font of csquotes' block quotation
I'm trying to change the fontsize of csquotes' blockquotes, but seem to be facing some unexpected hard-time.
I know csquotes uses an environment for that, which is by default quote, and can be set ...
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Configuring and auto-correcting the quotation marks in bilingual writing
I am writing a bilingual (English + Bangla) document with the package latexbangla.
(For the following MWE, kindly download the font Kalpurush from here: https://www.omicronlab.com/bangla-fonts.html)
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Problem with csquotes, greek and bibliography
I cannot seem to be able to use quotation marks correctly. I have loaded csquotes package, and I am also using ucharclasses to automatically change hyphenation rules in my text. Below you can see the ...
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CSQuotes not working properly
I am editing a text that has a few articles in Devanagari and the rest in English. The opening and closing quotation marks are not displayed correctly. I have gone through most of the discussion on ...
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Why is there more space after the brackets of `\textelp{}' than before?
I've noticed something about csquotes's \textelp about which no-one seems to have asked here before. With the minimal LaTeX input
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\begin{document}
Lorem ...
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I changed "proof" to "solution" in environment but it's not updating? I think it has to do with babel?
\usepackage [english]{babel}
\usepackage [autostyle, english = american]{csquotes}
\MakeOuterQuote{"}
\addto\english{\renewcommand*{\proofname}{Solution}}
I successfully change my double quotes ...
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csquotes chars?
Does anyone have recommendations for quote chars for the csquotes package? What's standard practice? I was thinking maybe the following, but note the comment.
\MakeOuterQuote{"}
\MakeInnerQuote{'...
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csquotes and foreignlanguages: setting the outer language for quotation marks
The package csquotes defines the quotation marks from the quoted (=inner) language, not from the environning language.
How can one set the outer language for defining the quotation marks of \...
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How could I use \MakeOuterQuote \MakeInnerQuote?
How do \MakeOuterQuote{"} \MakeInnerQuote{´} work exactly?
and How could I change the quotation mark's {"},{´}?
For example if I changed \MakeInnerQuote{´} for any other quotation, I'll get ...
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