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<span id="g_t_0040quotation_003a-Block-Quotations"></span><h3 class="section">8.2 <code>@quotation</code>: Block Quotations</h3>
<span id="quotation"></span>
<span id="index-Quotations"></span>
<span id="index-quotation"></span>
<p>The text of a quotation is processed like normal text (regular font,
text is filled) except that:
</p>
<ul>
<li> both the left and right margins are closer to the center of the page,
so the whole of the quotation is indented;
</li><li> the first lines of paragraphs are indented no more than other lines; and
</li><li> an <code>@author</code> command may be given to specify the author of the
quotation.
</li></ul>
<blockquote>
<p>This is an example of text written between a <code>@quotation</code>
command and an <code>@end quotation</code> command. A <code>@quotation</code>
command is most often used to indicate text that is excerpted from
another (real or hypothetical) printed work.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Write a <code>@quotation</code> command as text on a line by itself. This
line will disappear from the output. Mark the end of the quotation
with a line beginning with and containing only <code>@end quotation</code>.
The <code>@end quotation</code> line will likewise disappear from the
output.
</p>
<p><code>@quotation</code> takes one optional argument, given on the remainder
of the line. This text, if present, is included at the beginning of
the quotation in bold or otherwise emphasized, and followed with a
‘<samp>:</samp>’. For example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">@quotation Note
This is
a foo.
@end quotation
</pre></div>
<p>produces
</p>
<blockquote>
<p><b>Note:</b> This is
a foo.
</p></blockquote>
<p>If the <code>@quotation</code> argument is one of these English words
(case-insensitive):
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">Caution Important Note Tip Warning
</pre></div>
<span id="index-_003ccaution_003e-Docbook-tag"></span>
<span id="index-_003cimportant_003e-Docbook-tag"></span>
<span id="index-_003cnote_003e-Docbook-tag"></span>
<span id="index-_003ctip_003e-Docbook-tag"></span>
<span id="index-_003cwarning_003e-Docbook-tag"></span>
<span id="index-_003cblockquote_003e-HTML-tag"></span>
<p>then the Docbook output uses corresponding special tags
(<code><note></code>, etc.) instead of the default <code><blockquote></code>.
HTML output always uses <code><blockquote></code>.
</p>
<p>If the author of the quotation is specified in the <code>@quotation</code>
block with the <code>@author</code> command, a line with the author name is
displayed after the quotation:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">@quotation
People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use
vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy
hacking.
@author Richard Stallman
@end quotation
</pre></div>
<p>produces
</p>
<blockquote>
<p>People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use
vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy
hacking.
</p>
</blockquote>
<div align="center">— <em>Richard Stallman</em>
</div>
<span id="index-smallquotation"></span>
<p>Texinfo also provides a command <code>@smallquotation</code>, which is just
like <code>@quotation</code> but uses a smaller font size where possible.
See <a href="_0040small_2026.html"><code>@small…</code></a>.
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