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From: wittig@gmdzi.gmd.de (Georg Wittig)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Problems with List-Making.
Message-ID: <4067@gmdzi.gmd.de>
Date: 14 Feb 91 11:23:32 GMT
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Organization: GMD - The German National Research Center for Computer Science
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kenny@uf.msc.umn.edu (Kenneth R. Goers) writes:

>LaTeX list Environment:

>        first   First item in a list.
>          foo   Foo label.
>         next   Next Label.

>Want:

>    first       First label.
>    foo         Foo Label.
>    next        Next Label.

This one has been written by a colleague of mine:

%---------------------------------------------------------------------%
% 19.06.1987                                      M. Wershofen        %
%                                                                     %
% Environment  DEFLIST                                                %
%---------------------------------------------------------------------%
 
\newcommand{\deflabel}[1]{\bf #1\hfill}%
\newenvironment{deflist}[1]%
{\begin{list}{}{\settowidth{\labelwidth}{\bf #1}%
\setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}%
\addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}%
\renewcommand{\makelabel}{\deflabel}}}%
{\end{list}}

Usage:

\begin{deflist}{\hspace{1in}}	% insert your favorite width here
\item[first] First label
...
\end{deflist}



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