[Tex/LaTex] changing quotation margins temporarily

indentationquoting

I wish to change the margins of the quote environment, but just for a one-off occasion. I don't wish to change the quote environment throughout the document.

I tried to do the following, but it doesn't work..

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
This is a normal paragraph. This is a normal paragraph. 
This is a normal paragraph. This is a normal paragraph. This is a normal paragraph. 

\begin{quote}
This is a quote, normally with margins. This is a quote, normally with margins. 
This is a quote, normally with margins. This is a quote, normally with margins. 
\end{quote}

\begin{quote}
\setlength{\leftmargin}{0.1in}
\setlength{\rightmargin}{0.1in}
This other quote needs slimmer margins. This other quote needs slimmer margins. 
This other quote needs slimmer margins. This other quote needs slimmer margins. 
\end{quote}

\end{document}

Best Answer

You should make the change outside the quote environment.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
This is a normal paragraph. This is a normal paragraph.
This is a normal paragraph. This is a normal paragraph. This is a normal paragraph.

\begin{quote}
This is a quote, normally with margins. This is a quote, normally with margins.
This is a quote, normally with margins. This is a quote, normally with margins.
\end{quote}

\begingroup
\addtolength\leftmargini{0.1in}
\begin{quote}
This other quote needs slimmer margins. This other quote needs slimmer margins.
This other quote needs slimmer margins. This other quote needs slimmer margins.
\end{quote}
\endgroup

\begin{quote}
This is a quote, normally with margins. This is a quote, normally with margins.
This is a quote, normally with margins. This is a quote, normally with margins.
\end{quote}

\end{document}

(You could also use two quote environments)

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@lockstep: Do you think that the following behavior is more efficient?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage[linewidth=1.2pt]{mdframed}
\usepackage{fullwidth}

\newcommand*{\sometext}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
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    vehicula augue eu neque.}

\makeatletter
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  \begingroup
  \fullwidthsetup{#1}%%
   \fwd@twoside@checklength%
   \ifbool{fwd@twosidemode}%
    {\advance\fwd@width@length by -\fwd@outermargin@length
     \advance\fwd@width@length by -\fwd@outermargin@length}%
    {\advance\fwd@width@length by -\fwd@leftmargin@length
     \advance\fwd@width@length by -\fwd@rightmargin@length}%
   \let\width\z@%
   \let\height\z@%
   \setlength{\topsep}{\fwd@skipabove@length}%
   \begingroup%
     \let\partopsep\z@%
   \expandafter\endgroup%   
   \begin{fwd@trivlist}\item\relax%
   \hsize=\fwd@width@length\relax%
   \fwd@footnoteinput%
   \begin{fwd@lrbox}{\@tempboxa}%
 }
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\section{\texttt{mdframed} works as expected}

\sometext

\begin{mdframed}[leftmargin=3em]
\sometext
\end{mdframed}

\begin{mdframed}[rightmargin=3em]
\sometext
\end{mdframed}

\section{But \texttt{fullwidth} doesn't}

\sometext

\begin{fullwidth}[leftmargin=3em]
\sometext
\end{fullwidth}

\begin{fullwidth}[rightmargin=3em]
\sometext
\end{fullwidth}

\null\hfill\smash{\rule[1.5cm]{3em}{2pt}}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Block quote with big quotation marks and opening quote on bottom

Here is a proposal, using some low level commands. The text is typeset in a \vtop and its depth is used to place the opening quotes, while the closing quotes will be level with the top line (with some lowering due to size).

Thanks to Jake, I've been able to solve a mystery that bugged me, about a spacing that seems necessary and is due to the inner sep of TikZ nodes.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
  \definecolor{framecolor}{named}{SteelBlue}
  \colorlet{framebgcolor}{PowderBlue!50!White}
  \definecolor{quotesignclr}{named}{LightSlateGrey}
\usepackage{changepage}
\usepackage{environ,graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{backgrounds}

\newcommand\sopeningquote{\scalebox{2}{\color{quotesignclr}\smash\quotedblbase}}
\newcommand\sclosingquote{\scalebox{2}{\color{quotesignclr}\smash\textquotedblleft}}

\makeatletter
\newsavebox\simplequestbox
\NewEnviron{simplequest}{%
  \normalfont
  \begin{adjustwidth}{3em}{3em}
  \settowidth{\dimen@}{\sopeningquote\kern.4em\sclosingquote}%
  \dimen@=\dimexpr\linewidth-\dimen@\relax
  \setbox\simplequestbox=\vtop{
    \@parboxrestore\itshape
    \hsize=\dimexpr\dimen@-\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/inner xsep}*2\relax % thanks, Jake
    \sbox\z@{\BODY}
    \ifdim\wd\z@>\hsize
      \noindent\BODY\par
    \else
      \box\z@
    \fi    
    \xdef\simplequestpd{\the\prevdepth}
  }
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    [background rectangle/.style={draw=framecolor,line width=0.2pt,
     fill=framebgcolor,rounded corners}, show background rectangle,
     inner frame xsep=-2pt,inner frame ysep=2pt]
    \node {\mbox{%
      \raisebox{\dimexpr-\dp\simplequestbox+\simplequestpd+.05ex}
        [0pt][0pt]{\sopeningquote}%
      \kern.2em
      \box\simplequestbox
      \kern.2em
      \raisebox{-1.4ex}[0pt][0pt]{\sclosingquote}}};
  \end{tikzpicture}
  \end{adjustwidth}
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}

\begin{simplequest}
Dies hier ist ein Blindtext zum Testen von Textausgaben.
Wer diesen Text liest, ist selbst schuld.
\end{simplequest}

\begin{simplequest}
Dies hier ist ein Blindtext
\end{simplequest}

\Large
\begin{simplequest}
Dies hier ist ein Blindtext zum Testen von Textausgaben.
Wer diesen Text liest, ist selbst schuld.
\end{simplequest}

\end{document}

In the picture the similar quotes are: top mine, bottom yours.

enter image description here

A problem may arise in case the text consists of more than one paragraph and the first one is not long enough to fill a line. Should this case present itself in the document, the code might be changed like this:

\makeatletter
\newsavebox\simplequestbox
\NewEnviron{simplequest}[1][]{%
  \normalfont
  \begin{adjustwidth}{3em}{3em}
  \settowidth{\dimen@}{\sopeningquote\kern.4em\sclosingquote}%
  \dimen@=\dimexpr\linewidth-\dimen@\relax
  \setbox\simplequestbox=\vtop{
    \@parboxrestore\itshape
    \hsize=\dimexpr\dimen@-\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/inner xsep}*2\relax % thanks, Jake
    \if\relax\detokenize{#1}\relax
      \sbox\z@{\BODY}
      \ifdim\wd\z@>\hsize
        \noindent\BODY\par
      \else
    \box\z@
      \fi
    \else
      \sbox\z@{#1}
      \hsize\wd\z@
      \BODY\par
    \fi
    \xdef\simplequestpd{\the\prevdepth}
  }
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    [background rectangle/.style={draw=framecolor,line width=0.2pt,
     fill=framebgcolor,rounded corners}, show background rectangle,
     inner frame xsep=-2pt,inner frame ysep=2pt]
    \node {\mbox{%
      \raisebox{\dimexpr-\dp\simplequestbox+\simplequestpd+.05ex}
        [0pt][0pt]{\sopeningquote}%
      \kern.2em
      \box\simplequestbox
      \kern.2em
      \raisebox{-1.4ex}[0pt][0pt]{\sclosingquote}}};
  \end{tikzpicture}
  \end{adjustwidth}
}
\makeatother

The environment now has an optional argument, the first short line; here's an example:

\begin{simplequest}[Dies hier ist ein Blindtext.]
Dies hier ist ein Blindtext.

Wer diesen Text liest, ist selbst schuld.
\end{simplequest}

enter image description here

One could try getting only the first paragraph, but this might be error prone.

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