2011/3/8 Wolfgang Schuster > 2011/3/8 Wolfgang Schuster > > \define[2]\epigraph >> {\blank >> \startframedtext[middle][frame=off,offset=none,width=fit,align=middle]% >> \color[darkgreen]{#2}\endgraf >> \rightaligned{\it #1}% >> \stopframedtext >> \blank} >> > > I want to do something like: > \epigraph{Elbert Hubbard}{ > Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even > courage, > > but simply because they have never organized their energies around a > goal.} > > Because I want to have the but on the second line, with the rest of the > text. But this gives: > Runaway argument? > > > With the definition of \define in MkII the argument of the command can’t > contain a paragraph, a workaround is to define the \epigraph macro with > > \long\def\epigraph#1#2{...} > > or to use MkIV. > I am now using MKIV and the problemis solved. -- Cecil Westerhof