Can I change the line spacing option only for block quotes when I convert from markdown to PDF?

[kcho17]

Is there any way that I can change the line spacing (or line stretching) only for the block quotes when converting from markdown to pdf.

[jgm]

Certainly. Create a small tex file, quotespace.tex, containing:

\usepackage{setspace}
\AtBeginEnvironment{quote}{\setstretch{1.2}}

Then add option --include-in-header quotespace.tex when you invoke pandoc to produce a PDF. (Change 1.2 to your desired value.)

[jgm]

Alternatively you can add to your metadata:

header-includes:
- |
    ```{=latex}
    \usepackage{setspace}
    \AtBeginEnvironment{quote}{\setstretch{1.2}}
    ```

And then you don't need a special option or file.
This would also work:

header-includes: |
  ```{=latex}
  \usepackage{setspace}
  \AtBeginEnvironment{quote}{\setstretch{1.2}}
  ```

[kcho17]

Thanks! This works!