>> Please have a look at the attached example. As you can see, the
>> `@multitable` environment within a `@quotation` environment sticks
>> out to the right, which I consider as undesirable.
>>
>> The width of the table is specified as 0.5 + 0.5 = 1 times the line
>> length. However, it is not documented what exactly the 'line
>> length' is if applied to the stuff within a `@quotation`
>> environment.
>
> I will try to look into the issue. I expect that nesting
> @multitable inside @quotation was not envisaged when the current
> code was written. There could be two ways to make this work: make
> the indentation of @multitable inside @quotation the same as that
> outside of @quotation, or to shorten the line inside @quotation.
> I'd favour whichever is the simplest and easiest to implement.
Ok.
> Is there any sensible reason to have @multitable inside @quotation
> or is this the result of some automatic generation of Texinfo input?
I use `@quotation` as an alternative to centering the table; the
latter is not always optimal for technical stuff. Of course,
indentation could be faked by an empty first column, but I think we
all agree that this is an ugly hack.
Werner
