Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!cit-vax!oberon!sdcrdcf!psivax!rdlvax!salzman From: salzman@rdlvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Doing ".ip" type paragraphs in LaTeX (or plain TeX) Message-ID: <94@rdlvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 01:16:23 EDT Article-I.D.: rdlvax.94 Posted: Thu Jun 4 01:16:23 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 06:30:14 EDT Reply-To: salzman@rdlvax.UUCP (Gumby) Distribution: world Organization: Research Development Labs, Culver City, CA. Lines: 37 Keywords: TeX, LaTeX, troff, text processing I'd like to produce something similar to the ".ip" macro of troff -me macros with TeX or LaTeX. Plain TeX has a macro "\item{xxx}" which will do this: ITEM this is the paragraph. Etc., etc., etc... ITEM 1 this is the paragraph. Etc., etc., etc... In LaTeX you can use "\begin{description} ... \item[xxx]" which will do this: ITEM this is the paragraph. Etc., etc., etc.... ITEM 1 this is the paragra- ph Etc., etc., etc. And what I want is this (".ip" does it correctly): ITEM this is the paragraph. Etc., etc., etc.... IT this is the paragraph. Etc., etc., etc.... ITEM 1 this is the paragraph. Etc., etc., etc.... Get it? Headings are alligned vertically as well as the paragraphs. I'm not a TeX guru yet, so does someone have a TeX macro that will do the trick. It's a bit trick since you have to know whether or not the heading will fit in the paragraph indent.... Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! -- * Isaac Salzman - Systems Analyst/Admin. ---- * Research Development Labs (RDL) /o o/ / * 5721 W. Slauson Ave. | v | | * Culver City, California, 90230 _| |_/ * AT&T: +1 213 410 1244, x118 / | | * UUCP: ...!{psivax,csun,sdcrdcf,ttidca}!rdlvax!salzman | | | * ARPA: salzman@rdlvax.RDL.COM | | * NOTE: ** Our SMTP connection isn't up yet even though * we're in the host tables. Please use the UUCP * path to reply.