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From: williamssi@.UCalgary.CA
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Subject: Re: LaTeX list environment
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Date: 31 Mar 89 18:24:15 GMT
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In response to my query about a LaTeX list environment that indents
the body of an item by the length of the longest item label I received
the following from Terry L. Anderson.  Since he cannot easily post and
there might be others interested I'm posting it for him.


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                         The following is a list style I use which I
think does what you want.  It is called as
  \begin{labeled}{1in}
  \item[label 1] ...
  \item[label 2] ...
  \end{labeled}

You specify the desired indent as the parameter.


%
% new list style called labeled -- similar to itemize but the label is
% set left justified in the label region and it takes the leftmargin
% as a parameter.  For example:
% 
% label        The item.  If it is continued onto a second line, the
%              continuation is indented as the first to leftmargin.
%
\def\labeledlabel#1{#1\hfil}
\def\labeled#1{\list{}{\leftmargin#1
\labelwidth\leftmargin\advance\labelwidth-\labelsep 
\let\makelabel\labeledlabel}}
\let\endlabeled=\endlist




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Thanks to those who responded.

Cheers, 
Simon Williams    {utai, uunet!ubc-cs}!calgary!williamssi