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A <code>@quotation</code> command is most often used to indicate text that is excerpted from another (real or hypothetical) printed work. </p></blockquote> <p>Write a <code>@quotation</code> command as text on a line by itself. This line will disappear from the output. Mark the end of the quotation with a line beginning with and containing only <code>@end quotation</code>. The <code>@end quotation</code> line will likewise disappear from the output. </p> <p><code>@quotation</code> takes one optional argument, given on the remainder of the line. This text, if present, is included at the beginning of the quotation in bold or otherwise emphasized, and followed with a ‘<samp>:</samp>’. For example: </p> <div class="example"> <pre class="example">@quotation Note This is a foo. @end quotation </pre></div> <p>produces </p> <blockquote> <p><b>Note:</b> This is a foo. </p></blockquote> <p>If the <code>@quotation</code> argument is one of these English words (case-insensitive): </p> <div class="example"> <pre class="example">Caution Important Note Tip Warning </pre></div> <span id="index-_003ccaution_003e-DocBook-tag"></span> <span id="index-_003cimportant_003e-DocBook-tag"></span> <span id="index-_003cnote_003e-DocBook-tag"></span> <span id="index-_003ctip_003e-DocBook-tag"></span> <span id="index-_003cwarning_003e-DocBook-tag"></span> <span id="index-_003cblockquote_003e-HTML-tag"></span> <p>then the DocBook output uses corresponding special tags (<code><note></code>, etc.) instead of the default <code><blockquote></code>. HTML output always uses <code><blockquote></code>. </p> <p>If the author of the quotation is specified in the <code>@quotation</code> block with the <code>@author</code> command, a line with the author name is displayed after the quotation: </p> <div class="example"> <pre class="example">@quotation People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking. @author Richard Stallman @end quotation </pre></div> <p>produces </p> <blockquote> <p>People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. 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