The Block Enclosing Commands

Here are commands for quotations and examples:

@quotation

Indicate text that is quoted. The text is filled, indented, and printed in a roman font by default.

@example

Illustrate code, commands, and the like. The text is printed in a fixed-width font, and indented but not filled.

@lisp

Illustrate Lisp code. The text is printed in a fixed-width font, and indented but not filled.

@smallexample

Illustrate code, commands, and the like. Similar to @example, except that in TeX this command typesets text in a smaller font for the smaller @smallbook format than for the 8.5 by 11 inch format.

@smalllisp

Illustrate Lisp code. Similar to @lisp, except that in TeX this command typesets text in a smaller font for the smaller @smallbook format than for the 8.5 by 11 inch format.

@display

Display illustrative text. The text is indented but not filled, and no font is specified (so, by default, the font is roman).

@format

Print illustrative text. The text is not indented and not filled and no font is specified (so, by default, the font is roman).

The @exdent command is used within the above constructs to undo the indentation of a line.

The @flushleft and @flushright commands are used to line up the left or right margins of unfilled text.

The @noindent command may be used after one of the above constructs to prevent the following text from being indented as a new paragraph.

You can use the @cartouche command within one of the above constructs to highlight the example or quotation by drawing a box with rounded corners around it. (The @cartouche command affects only the printed manual; it has no effect in the Info file; see section Drawing Cartouches Around Examples.)

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