Re: [Docutils-users] broken ..epigraph in XeTeX?

[Guenter M. <mi...@us...>]

On 2017-02-05, Alan G. Isaac wrote:
> On 2/5/2017 3:40 AM, Guenter Milde wrote:
>> LaTeX, the above epigraph becomes

>> \begin{quote}
>> \DUclass{epigraph}%

>> No matter where you go, there you are.
>> \nopagebreak

>> \raggedleft —Buckaroo Banzai

>> \end{quote}


> 1. Did things very recently change, or is that \DUrole not \DUclass?
>     I cannot update at the moment, but I suppose this changed in
>     response to Matěj.

It is \DUrole, a new function introduced in the patch I posted in my
first response.

> 2. Fixing that, this does not compile, because of the paragraph break.

This is what the OP reported.

> 3. That failure is linked to this ongoing discussion.  I.e., it
>     illustrates why environments should be used.
>     (Perhaps the change in response to Matěj fixes this.)

Yes, the change fixed this.

> 4. Also related, note that this structure makes no allowance for
>     separate formatting of the author (in contrast to the HTML output).

Just like in "normal" quotes and many other instances.

>     E.g., suppose I want the text in italic but not the author name?
>     (Easy in HTML+CSS. 

Yes, HTML/CSS works with the classes a lot better than LaTeX. The \DUrole
and \DUclass functions are a attempt to bring at least some of this
functionality to LaTeX.

OTOH, I can define something like ::

\let\origraggedleft\raggedleft
\newcommand{\DUclassepigraph}{%
  \em%
  \renewcommand{\raggedleft}{\origraggedleft\rm}
}

Untested.

> Would be easy here too if environments were used...)

I agree that the possibilities are limited, but I don't see how replacing
{quote} with another environment would help.

Günter