[Tex/LaTex] Automatic noindent after quote environment

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I need to include block quotes in my thesis, and the line following should not be indented. I am using the memoir class with XeLaTeX.

For example the following code:

\begin{quote}
Lorem Ipsum Dolor
\end{quote}

The quote above \\ means...

Tyepsets like this:

  Lorem Ipsum Dolor

  The quote above 
means

And I want it to typeset like this:

  Lorem Ipsum Dolor

The quote above
means

I realize that I could start every paragraph after \end{quote} with \noindent, but there must be an easier, automatic way.

Best Answer

As Gonzalo said, "[d]on't leave a blank line after \end{quote} (or comment out the blank line)". However, by removing the indentation from the following "paragraph", you are in fact denoting that the paragraph which includes the quote environment is continued -- which may or may not be the case. Text quotes may constitute a paragraph of their own, they may close a more substantial paragraph, and they may even be positioned in the midst of such a paragraph. Only in the last case is it appropriate to remove the indentation after the quote environment.

Shameless plug: My quoting package provides the quoting environment which also allows to control first-line indentation by adding/removing a blank line before the environment.

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As mentioned in comments I think that usually in such circumstances the unindented paragraphs are logically section breaks with anonymous untitled sections. So like a titled section they suppress following indentation.

Spacing and font choice could be better and with acknowledgement to Douglas Adams, the except shown in the amazon fragment is I think logically something like this:

\documentclass{book}
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\chapter{}

The house stood on a slight rise \ldots

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Fifteen seconds later he was out of the house and lying in front of a big yellow bulldozer that was advancing up his garden path.

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He was by no means a great warrior \ldots
\end{document}

Which without any changes to the book layout produces this:

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