Extended description
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The xdesc module by Giuseppe Bilotta (Oblomov) provides a means to treat special descriptions such as epigraphs. 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 epigraphs
An epigraph (sometimes also wrongly called 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!
- — Ernest Rutherford, 1871–1937
We first load now the module and setup a new description
\usemodule[xdesc] \defineextendeddescription[epigraph][epigraphs]% [author,years,source,note,whois]
We now define the commands to typeset the epigraphs, one short version which is useful for production
\starttemplate[epigraph][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[epigraph][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[epigraph][short] % medium,short
It is now time to get type in a quote
\startepigraph[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! \stopepigraph
To typeset the epigraph, simply call:
\getepigraph[epg:Rutherford]