Questions tagged [quotation]
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Latex block quote not outputting to Pandoc Word
I am trying to format my thesis which I have written in LaTeX, but I cannot get Pandoc to pass my block-quotes through correctly.
Here is my minimal example:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\...
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How do I add quotation marks at the beginning of every line of a paragraph?
I am trying to do the same thing as what was asked in this question: Quotation mark at the beginning of each line of a paragraph, that is:
Pieri uses an old style of quotation, where if the quote ...
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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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Making straight quotes in TeX appear as straight quotes in document [duplicate]
So I'm writing a book, and I've used straight quotes (") in my latex files throughout the entire project. Now whenever I compile my document in Overleaf, these, to no ones surprise, come out as ...
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How to quote multiple paragraphs in amsart?
My goal is to quote two paragraphs using the amsart document style, with both paragraphs in the quotation being formatted in ordinary paragraph style, i.e. with the crown line indented.
The LaTeX Book ...
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How to print quotation mark glyphs inside the verbatim, minted, listings & texttt?
Assuming the desired quotation marks in the code are called glyphs, how to print the left & the right quotes as desired, as it's printed in `monster'
inside the verbatim, minted, listings ...
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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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Markdown using LaTeX: Quotation marks in PyCharm vs. Github
I'm used to typing typographically correct English quotation marks as follows:
``text goes here"
In usual LaTeX documents this will work, no questions asked. When I use Markdown in Jupyter ...
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Enquote vs Textquote
I couldn't find direct answer on the internet. Both seem to give identical result, which also includes your current language settings. Are there any differences between them? Overleaf documentation ...
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What Caused the Cabin Font to be Dropped in This Enumeration?
Consider the code
\documentclass[10pt,openany]{book}
\usepackage{enumitem,xcolor}
\usepackage[showframe,margin=.5in,paperwidth=4in,paperheight=6in]{geometry}
\textheight=4.95in \textwidth 3.00in
\...
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Invocation of Polski Package Sometimes Produces Strange Hyphenation
Consider the code:
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{enumitem,xcolor}
\usepackage[T1]{polski}
\usepackage[tracking=true]{microtype} %This line must be commented out when using Xelatex to ...
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In text citation of multiple works should show author only once followed by the year of the other works
I am currently writing a paper and am struggling with the citations.
\usepackage[style=apa, backend=biber]{biblatex}
%Bibliographie hinzufügen
\addbibresource{references.bib}
%abstand zwischen ...
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Automatically Right Justify the Emdash and Name at the End of a Quotation When Space Permits [duplicate]
This is an extension of the question posed in Automatically Display the First Word of Every Quotation in Small Caps
Consider the code
\documentclass[14pt]{memoir}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[...
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Including an Enumerate Environment within a "Fancy" Quote
Consider the code
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\newcommand{\longemdash}{{\fontfamily{cmss}\selectfont---}}
\newcommand{\emdash}{\nobreak---\nobreak\hskip0pt}
\newcommand{\...
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Different indentation sizes
I am writing something in the MLA style and I need to use quotations. My professor requires the indentation of the quotations to be 35 pt which I can do. But I want to make my paragraph indentations ...
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Trouble putting a block quotation into a "thanks" footnote in amsart
My major issue is that I can't figure out how to put a block quotation into a "thanks" footnote in amsart. Ideally, I want the effect that this source specifies:
\documentclass{amsart}
\...
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Wrong hyphenation between french quotes
I'm transcribing a book in Italian and I can't get proper hyphenation with the words in quotation marks.
If I write:
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage[a5paper, margin={15mm,20mm}]{geometry}
\...
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Higher quotation marks in equations
I want to use quotation marks in equations (using \begin{equation} ... \end{equation}) and I want them to be adapted to the height of the text in between. Something like:
\begin{equation}
x = \...
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(biblatex-apa) How to make a long quote (>40 words)
I want to make a long quote for my thesis on latex, using biblatex with apa, but I can't find the way to do that. My preamble is:
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[...
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double quotes not working in IEEEtran
I cannot get double quotes in IEEEtran even with the `` and '':
\documentclass[10pt,journal,compsoc]{IEEEtran}
\begin{document}
``foo'', "bar"
\end{document}
Result:
Target (with \...
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Other than quotes and umlaut, does " mean anything special?
Using recent lualatex, fonts with TeX ligatures, but perhaps this question is more general...
I was just looking at @Mico code here regarding how straight double quotes are always replaced by right ...
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How to change quote behavior?
I'm using Org-Mode to write documents that I export to LaTeX. Org-Mode exports its quote blocks to:
\begin{quote}
...
\end{quote}
In order to color these quotes I'm using the following code (found ...
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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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Command for colouring text bits and wrap them in single quotation marks
For inline quotes, I need UK English single quotation mark glyphs:
‘To be or not to be,’ Hamlet said.
Also, I need the text - but not the quotation marks - colored gray.
I have tried looking at the ...
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How to produce suitable spaces before and after the new `quotation` environment in the `enumerate` environment?
First an MWS and its output are as follows.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum,indentfirst}
\setlength{\parindent}{2em}
\setlength{\parskip}{0.3\baselineskip plus 0.2ex minus 0.1ex}
%%%...
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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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How to add numbers next to the frame line using mdframed
I just came across the mdframed package and found it very useful. However, I would like to add numbers next to the frame line similar to the picture I attached (See red numbers, that's how I want it). ...
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Convert quote environment to markdown blockquote using pandoc
I am making a ebook and some quotes have more than one paragraph
\begin{quote}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis malesuada quis massa a fringilla. Vivamus risus mi, tempus ...
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What package should I use for single/double quoted inline text according to babel settings?
tl;dr
What package and command should I use to write double quoted text or single quoted text depending on whether I set babel to English or Italian?
Specifically, I'm not referring to quotes used for ...
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How do I arrange multiple quotations (each with multiple lines) vertically (with a line through the center) so that they're side-by-side?
I created the following example in MS Word but I'm unable to recreate it in Overleaf (an online LaTeX editor):
Below is the code with which I've gotten the closest to creating what I need:
\...
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Behaviour of single quotes with `luaquotes` packages is not consistent
Here is my MWE with the luaquotespackage:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{luaquotes}
% \smartquotes
\usepackage[english=british]{csquotes}
\begin{document}
\section{Test of \texttt{luaquotes} ...
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Horizontally Shift Certain Items in a Quote Environment
Consider the code
\documentclass[10pt]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{quote}
\item \lipsum[3]
{\setlength\itemindent{15pt} \item \lipsum[3]}
\end{quote}
\end{...
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Indent fancy quotation box in latex without list
I would like to create a box with the format of a Fancy Box, but the indentation of a quote environment. I have found this question, which concerns a similar problem, however the solution given in ...
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Texworks messes up quotation marks
When I try to input double quotes " in Texworks, it always changes it to two single quotes ''.
Also when I input single quotes or doubles quotes 'ab', it always changes them to backticks if it is ...
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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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Altering the Appearance of Opening Double Quotes Using Tgpagella
Consider the following code which invokes the tgpagella font:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tgpagella} % Sets tgpagella as main font.
\begin{document}
\Huge
\thispagestyle{empty}
\textbf{``This is ...
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background color for quoted text
I am trying to use a colored background for quoted text and linenumbers in the document. I am trying to do that with the lineno and the tcolorbox packages, but they seem incompatible. Is there another ...
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Adjust the margins of a quote (or create a box?)
How do I adjust the left and right margins by 2cm, a top margin of 1.5cm and a bottom margin of 2cm? Is it possible to do less complicated by creating a box?
Here is my code...
\newenvironment{ex}[2]{\...
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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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Curly quotes in lstlistings get moved to the start of words
I have a code snippet that uses the unicode character ’ (u2019), also known as right single quotation mark in the middle of a word. Unfortunately, it seems the lstlistings environment causes this ...
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Cutting a quote to fit page
I'm writing my thesis and I have encountered the following problem: whenever I have a long quote to make, LaTeX tries to squeeze the entire quote in one page, leaving long blank spaces. I'm using the ...
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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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Do you need to write `` for quotation marks?
My understanding was always that, to write quotation marks in Latex, one should write ` and ' (instead of ‘ and ’). Recently, however, I pasted ‘ and ’ into Overleaf (from Microsoft Word) and could ...
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How to make the opening and closing quotation-marks look bigger in quotes?
I am currently writing a paper that includes quotes. But I am not satisfied with the obtained result; I want to make the quotes look more attractive. To do so, the idea is to make them appear bigger ...
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Quotation marks jump in next line
I'm writing a text and I'm using quotation marks as follows:
We will do as in the work $\glqq$ some text$\grqq$.
Now "$\grqq$" is jumping to the next line. Can I avoid this somehow?
Thanks!
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How can I have straight quote inside math-mode?
I have following piece of code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
\Upsilon\textquotesingle^{hr}
\end{equation}
\end{document}
its output, where both ...
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How to right align the last line of a block of text?
I’m using pandoc to convert a Markdown file to a LaTeX document and then to PDF. The document I have contains some quotations. Coming from standard Markdown, they are rendered as quotation or quote in ...
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How to break words at the end of line in text and quotes
I would like LaTex to break words (where needed) at the end of a line - both in the main text and in quotes.
Having gone through similar questions, it sounds like LaTex normally does this ...
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Numbering quotations
I want to create a new environment nquote based on displayquote (form csquotes package) that I can number, and display that number on the side so I can cite quotations in my document, like you can do ...
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