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The xdesc module by Giuseppe Bilotta (Oblomov) provides a means to treat special descriptions such as epigrams. In this case the object has several attributes, which can be typeset in several ways. The module can be downloaded from the modules:xdesc site.
Example setup for epigrams
An epigram is a concise and witty saying or a short witty poem. An example would be
- We haven't got the money, so we've got to think!
- — Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford, 1871–1937
We first load now the module and setup a new description
\usemodule[xdesc] \defineextendeddescription[epigram][epigrams]% [author,years,source,note,whois]
We now define the commands to typeset the epigrams, one short version which is useful for production
\starttemplate[epigram][short] \startframedtext[right][frame=off,offset=none,background=none, width=0.65\textwidth,top=,bottom=] \small{\it \getslot{content}} \unskip\nobreak\hfil\penalty50\hskip1em\hbox{}\nobreak\hfil \hbox{\small{--- \getslot{author}, \getslot{years}}} \parfillskip=0pt \finalhyphendemerits=0 \stopframedtext \stoptemplate
and a medium long version. which is a bit lengthier,
\starttemplate[epigram][medium] \startframedtext[right][frame=off,offset=none,background=none] {\it \getslot{content}}\par \rightaligned{--- \getslot{author}, \getslot{years}}\par \startalignment[left] \small \getslot{source} \stopalignment \stopframedtext \stoptemplate
The version we want to use can be set via
\selecttemplate[epigram][short] % medium,short
It is now time to get type in a quote
\startepigram[epg:Rutherford] [author={Ernest Rutherford}, years={1871--1937}, whois={New Zealand physicist}, source={in {\it Bulletin of the Institute of Physics} (1962) vol. 13}] We haven't got the money, so we've got to think! \stopepigram
To typeset the epigram, simply call:
\getepigram[epg:Rutherford]