The following basic new environment,
\newenvironment{fancyquote}{%
\addtolength\parindent{2em}\bigskip
\begin{minipage{\textwidth}
}{\end{minipage}\bigskip}works when I have it defined in the document preamble. But when I put it in a text file that LaTeX knows about, and \usepackage it, I get no errors but the footnote mechanisms of the minipage are turned off. Why is this? What should I do to fix it?
