Questions tagged [quotation]
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Footnote in dedicatory in the amsart document class
As the title says, I would like to add a footnote in the dedicatory which I use for a quotation in the amsart document class but the output is not as desired. The footnote is placed nowhere. I don't ...
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Automated quotation marks with "" symbol
I'm writing a document (in Spanish) but at some point I need to use a quotation in English. I must say that the use of "" symbol as quotation mark produce problems when compile
For example
\...
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Getting straight single quotes in a bibliography
The following MMW ...
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=authoryear]{biblatex}
%\usepackage{libertinus}
%\usepackage{textcomp}
\begin{filecontents}{\...
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Unbalanced nested quotation marks with [french]{babel} and csquotes
I am using both [french]{babel} and csquotes. I get some unexpected behavior resulting il unbalanced quotation marks:
\enquote{Oui, mais \enquote{non}} yields « Oui, mais « non » (notice a single ...
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ConTeXt: Drop caps with quotation mark
Background
When typesetting drop-caps, if the opening sentence starts with a quotation mark, apostrophe, or single quotation mark, the leading character is typically rendered in a smaller font. For ...
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How can I replace the single quotation mark with another one in the listings package?
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\...
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Move quote / text further to the middle of the page
I am trying to move a quote more to the middle of the page, but I don't seem to get it right. Here is my code:
\thispagestyle{plain}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2}\selectfont % Set the line ...
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Prevent line break before french quotation marks
Simple question today. I'm using this preamble for languages:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[french,english]{babel}
and I ...
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Footnote placement at the end of quote environment outside of quotation marks
I'm currently using the quote-environment and the footcite command, to display the citation-footnotes at the end of the quote environment. Now I have added quotationsmarks by amending the quote ...
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Replacing `` and '' with guillemets without touching the source code
I am writing a book and the publisher wants me to use guillemets instead of ``'' quotes. I have read quite a few questions with good answers on this stack exchange, but I haven't found an exact answer ...
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Automatically redefining Quotation Marks in LaTeX [duplicate]
Is there a way to automatically make the input of "quote", give the output that ``quote" would? Meaning that "quote" outputs “quote”. The language is norwegian.
I tried \...
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Single quotes types in Latex
Following this question. There are two single quotes I found ` and '. The first goes diagonally and the second perpendicular. Which one is the right one to use in general and in Latex?
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CSquotes + biblatex: best practice when having references in footnotes
In my text, I create my bibliography with biblatex and generate the quotation marks with csquotes. I want to have my references in the footnotes. Unfortunately, I am a little lost when it comes to the ...
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TeXShop Problem: No auto-replacement of quotation marks (unless Key Binding activated)
I have searched around, but I did not really find a solution to my problem, that is not based on csquotes, which I would like to avoid. Presently, I am using TeXShop (which I cannot really avoid) and ...
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I have unmatched quotes on my \jobname
I have coded
\lfoot{\ \\ File \jobname}
in order to print the file name at the bottom of each page of my paper. I prints with quotes thus: ”…” (ie both 99 style quotes). I expected the quotes to be ...
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how to quote a quote from a mathematician?
In my project, at a paragraph I want to quote a saying from Newton as follow
"Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without regard to anything ...
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Quotation marks not rendered by XeLaTeX in spite of [Ligatures=TeX] [duplicate]
I have a problem with XeLaTeX that I have not had before. Quote marks are not rendering as "smart". Here is a MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
``Are quote marks working?''
\end{...
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Automatically calculate epigraph width
I was looking into automaticallly calculating the epigraph width while keeping the epigraph quote left-aligned and non-italic. The following code, copied from a nice solution provided on the page ...
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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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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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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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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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How do I created angled quotes in Latex? `` 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 ...
