10.1 Block Enclosing Commands

Here are commands for quotations and examples, explained further in the following sections:

@quotation

Indicate text that is quoted. The text is filled, indented (from both margins), and printed in a roman font by default.

@example

Illustrate code, commands, and the like. The text is printed in a fixed-width font, and indented but not filled.

@verbatim

Mark a piece of text that is to be printed verbatim; no character substitutions are made and all commands are ignored, until the next @end verbatim. The text is printed in a fixed-width font, and not indented or filled. Extra spaces and blank lines are significant, and tabs are expanded.

@smallexample

Same as @example, except that in TeX this command typesets text in a smaller font.

@lisp

Like @example, but specifically for illustrating Lisp code. The text is printed in a fixed-width font, and indented but not filled.

@smalllisp

Is to @lisp as @smallexample is to @example.

@display

Display illustrative text. The text is indented but not filled, and no font is selected (so, by default, the font is roman).

@smalldisplay

Is to @display as @smallexample is to @example.

@format

Like @display (the text is not filled and no font is selected), but the text is not indented.

@smallformat

Is to @format as @smallexample is to @example.

The @exdent command is used within the above constructs to undo the indentation of a line.

The @flushleft and @flushright commands are used to line up the left or right margins of unfilled text.

The @noindent command may be used after one of the above constructs to prevent the following text from being indented as a new paragraph.

You can use the @cartouche environment around one of the above constructs to highlight the example or quotation by drawing a box with rounded corners around it. See Drawing Cartouches Around Examples.