Quotations Containing Hanging Paragraphs in LAΤΕΧ
Monday, 4 May 2020In a paper on which I'm working, I needed a block quotation, within which there were hanging paragraphs — for each every line except for the first was indented — effected in a way that naturally complemented ordinary block quotations as defined in article.cls
. Not being a master of LAΤΕΧ, I made a search for how to do this, but I did not find anything that quite did the job. I arrived at this
\newenvironment{hangquotation}
{\list{}{%
\setlength{\itemindent}{-1.5em}%
\setlength{\listparindent}{\itemindent}%
\setlength{\rightmargin}{\leftmargin}%
\addtolength{\leftmargin}{1.5em}%
\setlength{\parsep}{\z@ \@plus\p@}%
}%
\item\relax}
{\endlist}
which I am posting for the benefit of someone which the same problem, or with a problem sufficiently similar that my solution is readily adapted to his or to hers.
Here's an example of the output:
To use the code, place it in the LAΤΕΧ preamble, and then nest each block of paragraphs for which it is to be used between
and \begin{hangquotation}
.\end{hangquotation}