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From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: variable length hanging indentation
Message-ID: <1991Jan27.211543.29701@csrd.uiuc.edu>
Date: 27 Jan 91 21:15:43 GMT
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acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes:

>in plain tex, how would i be able to do the following:

>foo 1. this is line one that will overprint
>    on the second line if possible.
>    2. or text that fits on just one line.

>foofoo 1. this is line one that will overprint
>       on the second line if posssible.
>       2. or text that fits on just one line.

\setbox0\hbox{foo }
\hangindent\wd0 \noindent\box0
1. This is lineone that will overprint
on the second line if possible\hfil\break
2. or text that fits on just one line

Of course you write a macro around this mess...

Victor.