The EPIGRAPH package

The epigraph package is designed for typesetting epigraphs — the pithy quotations often found at the start (or end) of a chapter. Both single epigraphs and lists of epigraphs are catered for. Various aspects are easily configurable.

Change History

Version 1.5e (2020/01/02)

• Try to prevent breaks after epigraphs
• Add epigraphnoindent to automatically suppress indentation after all epigraph commands

Version 1.5d (2011/08/07)

• Load the nextpage package for cleartoevenpage (this avoids loading order conflicts)

Version 1.5c (2009/09/02)

• New maintainer (Will Robertson)

Changes in Version 1.5a (2002/10/22)

• Replaced flushleftright environment by flushepinormal environment to avoid clash with the ccaption package's flushleftright

Changes in Version 1.5 (2000/02/20)

• Generalised cleartoevenpage command

Changes in Version 1.4 (2000/01/16)

• Added flushleftright environment

Changes in Version 1.3 (1999/12/01)

• Added dropchapter and undodrop commands

Changes in Version 1.2 (1999/09/12)

• Added cleartoevenpage command
• Improved documentation

Changes in Version 1.1: (1998/11/29)

• Added support for epigraphs above chapter titles.

Copyright

Author: Peter Wilson, Herries Press
Maintainer: Will Robertson
            will dot robertson at latex-project dot org
Copyright 1998--2004 Peter R. Wilson
          2009--2020 Will Robertson

This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either
version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any
later version: <http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt>

This work has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained".
The Current Maintainer of this work is Will Robertson.

Manifest

This work consists of the files:

• README (this file)
• epigraph.dtx
• epigraph.ins
• epigraph.pdf (user manual)

• epigraph.sty

The distribution consists of the files:

• README (this file)
• epigraph.dtx
• epigraph.ins
• epigraph.pdf (user manual)

Installation

To install the package:

• run: latex epigraph.ins (which will generate epigraph.sty)
• Move epigraph.sty to a location where LaTeX will find it (typically in a local texmf tree at tex/latex/) and refresh the file database. See the FAQ on CTAN at help/uk-tex-faq or http://www.tug.ac.uk/faq for more information on this.
• (or l3build install)

To process the user manual:

• run: latex epigraph.dtx
• run: makeindex -s gind.ist epigraph
• run: latex epigraph.dtx
• (or l3build doc)