ox-latex: add LaTeX attributes to quote block

* doc/org-manual.org (Quote blocks in LaTeX export): manual updated
* etc/ORG-NEWS (Support quote blocks in LaTeX export): news updated
* lisp/ox-latex.el (latex): add `org-latex-default-quote-environment' to `:options-alist'
(org-latex-default-quote-environment): the default quote environment
is `quote'
(org-latex-quote-block): add two attributes: `environment' and `options'

3 files changed, 69 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index 118d97e..977ef80 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -13919,6 +13919,48 @@ To eat the world’s due, by the grave and thee.
 ,#+END_VERSE
 #+end_src
 
+*** Quote blocks in LaTeX export
+:PROPERTIES:
+:DESCRIPTION: Attributes specific to quote blocks.
+:END:
+
+#+cindex: quote blocks, in @LaTeX{} export
+#+cindex: @samp{ATTR_LATEX}, keyword
+#+cindex: org-latex-default-quote-environment
+
+The LaTeX export back-end accepts two attributes for quote blocks:
+=:environment=, for an arbitrary quoting environment (the default
+value is that of ~org-latex-default-quote-environment~: ~"quote"~) and
+=:options=. For example, to choose the environment =quotation=,
+included as an alternative to =quote= in standard LaTeX classes:
+
+#+begin_example
+,#+ATTR_LATEX: :environment quotation
+,#+BEGIN_QUOTE
+some text...
+,#+END_QUOTE
+#+end_example
+
+To choose the =foreigndisplayquote= environment, included in the LaTeX
+package =csquotes=, with the =german= option, use this syntax:
+
+#+begin_example
+,#+LATEX_HEADER:\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes}
+,#+ATTR_LATEX: :environment foreigndisplayquote :options {german}
+,#+BEGIN_QUOTE
+some text in German...
+,#+END_QUOTE
+#+end_example
+
+#+texinfo: @noindent
+which is exported to LaTeX as
+
+#+begin_example
+\begin{foreigndisplayquote}{german}
+some text in German...
+\end{foreigndisplayquote}
+#+end_example
+
 ** Markdown Export
 :PROPERTIES:
 :DESCRIPTION: Exporting to Markdown.
diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 8707222..c8a93c9 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ require the external LaTeX package =verse.sty=, wich is an extension
 of the standard LaTeX environment. The purpose of these attributes is
 explained below.
 
+*** Support quote blocks in LaTeX export
+
+The LaTeX export back-end accepts two attributes for quote blocks:
+=:environment=, for an arbitrary quoting environment (the default
+value is that of =org-latex-default-quote-environment=: ="quote"=) and
+=:options=.
+
 *** =org-set-tags-command= selects tags from ~org-global-tags-completion-table~
 
 Let ~org-set-tags-command~ TAB fast tag completion interface complete
diff --git a/lisp/ox-latex.el b/lisp/ox-latex.el
index b9ecf07..9e2e7be 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-latex.el
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     (:latex-classes nil nil org-latex-classes)
     (:latex-default-figure-position nil nil org-latex-default-figure-position)
     (:latex-default-table-environment nil nil org-latex-default-table-environment)
+    (:latex-default-quote-environment nil nil org-latex-default-quote-environment)
     (:latex-default-table-mode nil nil org-latex-default-table-mode)
     (:latex-diary-timestamp-format nil nil org-latex-diary-timestamp-format)
     (:latex-footnote-defined-format nil nil org-latex-footnote-defined-format)
@@ -772,6 +773,13 @@ default we use here encompasses both."
   :package-version '(Org . "8.0")
   :type 'string)
 
+(defcustom org-latex-default-quote-environment "quote"
+  "Default environment used to `quote' blocks."
+  :group 'org-export-latex
+  :package-version '(Org . "9.5")
+  :type 'string
+  :safe t)
+
 (defcustom org-latex-default-table-mode 'table
   "Default mode for tables.
 
@@ -2895,9 +2903,19 @@ channel."
   "Transcode a QUOTE-BLOCK element from Org to LaTeX.
 CONTENTS holds the contents of the block.  INFO is a plist
 holding contextual information."
+  (let ((environment
+	  (or (org-export-read-attribute :attr_latex quote-block :environment)
+	      (plist-get info :latex-default-quote-environment)))
+	 (options
+	  (or (org-export-read-attribute :attr_latex quote-block :options)
+	      "")))
   (org-latex--wrap-label
-   quote-block (format "\\begin{quote}\n%s\\end{quote}" contents) info))
-
+   quote-block (format "\\begin{%s}%s\n%s\\end{%s}"
+			     environment
+			     options
+			     contents
+			     environment)
+   info)))
 
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