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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-epigraph.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-epigraph.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..819e5efb11d --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-epigraph.html @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label epigraph</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Typesetting epigraphs</h3> +<p>Epigraphs are those neat quotations that authors put at the start of +chapters (or even at the end of chapters: Knuth puts things at the +ends of chapters of the TeXbook). +<p>Typesetting them is a bit of a fiddle, but not impossible to do for +yourself. However, the <i>epigraph</i> package will do the job for +you, even in situations where it's particularly nasty to get right. +<p>The package defines an <code>\</code><code>epigraph</code> command, for creating a single +epigraph (as at the top of a chapter): +<blockquote> +<pre> +\chapter{The Social Life of Rabbits} +\epigraph{Oh! My ears and whiskers!}% + {Lewis Carroll} +</pre> +</blockquote> +and an epigraphs environment, for entering more than one epigraph +consecutively, in a sort of list introduced by <code>\</code><code>qitem</code> commands: +<blockquote> +<pre> +\begin{epigraphs} +\qitem{What I tell you three times is true}% + {Lewis Carroll} +\qitem{Oh listen do, I'm telling you!}% + {A.A. Milne} +\end{epigraphs} +</pre> +</blockquote> +The <code>\</code><code>epigraphhead</code> command enables you to place your epigraph +<em>above</em> a chapter header: +<blockquote> +<pre> +\setlength{\unitlength}{1pt} +... +\chapter{The Social Life of Rabbits} +\epigraphhead[<distance>]{% + \epigraph{Oh! My ears and whiskers!}% + {Lewis Carroll}% +} +</pre> +</blockquote> +The <<i>distance</i>> says how far above the chapter heading the +epigraph is to go; it's expressed in terms of the <code>\</code><code>unitlength</code> +that's used in the <code>picture</code> environment; the package's +author recommends <code>70pt</code>. +<p>The package also offers various tricks for adjusting the layout of +chapter header (necessary if you've found a hugely long quotation for +an <code>\</code><code>epigraphhead</code>), for patching the bibliography, for patching +<code>\</code><code>part</code> pages, and so on. (Some of these suggested patches lead you +through writing your own package...) +<p>The <i>memoir</i> class offers all the facilities of the +<i>epigraph</i> package. The <i>Koma-script</i> classes have +commands <code>\</code><code>setchapterpreamble</code> and <code>\</code><code>dictum</code> to provide these +facilities. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>epigraph.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/epigraph.zip">macros/latex/contrib/epigraph</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/epigraph.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/epigraph/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>KOMA script bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.zip">macros/latex/contrib/koma-script</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>memoir.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip">macros/latex/contrib/memoir</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/">browse</a>) +</dl> +<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=epigraph">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=epigraph</a> +</body> |