Re: Quotation Environment Yuckiness

[Adam Warner <lists@consulting.net.nz>]

On Thu, 2001-10-11 at 20:37, Hans Hagen wrote:

Thanks Hans, all your ideas work. The output is:

> % this is the dangerous way, since grouping may be screwed up
> 
> \setupquote[before=,after=]
> 
> \startitemize
> \item \startquotation Line 1
> \item Line 2\stopquotation
> \stopitemize

o "Line 1

o  Line 2"

> % for this you need the patch below
> 
> \startitemize
> \item \leftquotation Line 1
> \item Line 2\rightquotation
> \stopitemize

o  "Line 1
   ^note the " within the paragraph here
o  Line 2"

> \startitemize
> \item \leftquotationmark Line 1
> \item Line 2\rightquotationmark
> \stopitemize

o "Line 1

o  Line 2"

Thanks again. Now I really don't want to be picky but don't you think
just as a matter of style for some time in the future that the beginning
speech mark should start outside the bullet point? After all it is
supposed to be enclosing the quoted section.

I can imagine how frustrating it is trying to deal with something as
"simple" as a speech mark :-)

Regards,
Adam