Script dialogues

Question

I'm trying to write a script, and I have defined the following commands:

\newcommand{\SpeechText}[1]{
 \vbox{\ignorespaces{\quotation{#1}}\par\duplines}
}
\newcommand{\ParagraphText}[1]{
 %\paragraph{
    \vspace{0.2in}
    \vbox{\ignorespaces{#1}\par\duplines}
    \vspace{0.2in}
 %}
}

With them, I create a blur effect and a quote/paragraph style respectively. When I use them in the following text

\chapter{\RED{Nocturno}}
%
\ParagraphText{text text text ... text text}
%
\SpeechText{aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa}
%
\SpeechText{bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb}
%
\SpeechText{cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc}
....

I get this error:

LaTeX Error: Too deeply nested. [}]

Can you help me? Additionally, I would like a left and right padding in the \SpeechText command. How can I get it?

Here is the whole code:

\documentclass[ms,a4paper]{memoir}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

%\setstocksize{8.26in}{6.1in}
\settrimmedsize{8.26in}{6.1in}*
\fixpdflayout

\chapterstyle{dash} % try also reparticle
\usepackage{ulem}   % underline
\usepackage{xcolor} %
%\usepackage{lipsum} %dummy text
% All font size must be normal size 
\renewcommand{\large}{\normalsize}
\renewcommand{\Large}{\normalsize}
\newcommand{\red}[1]{\textcolor{red!50!black}{#1}}
\newcommand{\RED}[1]{\textcolor{red!50!black}{\MakeUppercase{#1}}}
% font hyphenation 
\usepackage{everysel}
\EverySelectfont{%
    \fontdimen2\font=0.6em % interword space
    \fontdimen3\font=0.2em % interword stretch
    \fontdimen4\font=0.1em % interword shrink
    \fontdimen7\font=0.9em % extra space
    \hyphenchar\font=`\-% to allow hyphenation
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Speech lines
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\newcommand{\SpeechText}[1]{%
    \vbox{\ignorespaces{\quotation{#1}}\par\duplines}
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Paragraph lines
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\newcommand{\ParagraphText}[1]{%
        \vspace{0.2in}%
        \vbox{\ignorespaces{#1}\par\duplines}%
        \vspace{0.2in}%
}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Nocturno}

\ParagraphText{
            Las enormes gafas de sol apenas pueden ocultar su cara destrozada, 
            la cicatriz desde casi el lacrimal del ojo hasta la comisura del lado derecho 
            de la boca. Sonríe. Y los dientes que le faltan convierten su boca en un abismo, 
            un agujero negro tragador de materia oscura. 
}

\SpeechText{
            No es bueno contradecir al jefe
}

\SpeechText{
            Ese Jefe no es mi Jefe
}

.....


\end{document}

Your "full" example does not generate the error you say, it generates ! Undefined control sequence. \ParagraphText ...ignorespaces {#1}\par \duplines If I add the definition from the accepted answer on the question referenced by Andrea L. it runs without error — David Carlisle, Sep 21 '13 at 10:33

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '13 at 12:36

You haven't given any indication of what you want your commands to do, or given an example input that generates the error however

\newcommand{\SpeechText}[1]{
 \vbox{\ignorespaces{\quotation{#1}}\par\duplines}
}

You are missing % at the ends of lines so this will introduce space tokens into your document. The \ignorespaces does nothing as it just ignores space tokens until the first non-space token is encountered but you follow it immediately by {. \vbox is not really a latex command at this level, if you need a box at all? You probably want \parbox. \quotation is the internal command for the quotation environment and if used in that form it needs a matching \endquotation. \duplines I can't comment on. as you have shown no definition.

Maybe it is remotely related to this question, and if that's the case, removing the \RED (which I think is a red-uppercase only text) it compiles without errors to me... — TheVal, Sep 20 '13 at 12:58

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