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From: eykhout@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl (Victor Eijkhout)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Paragraph in \itemize
Message-ID: <679@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 5 Jan 90 13:57:44 GMT
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sane@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu (Aamod Sane) writes:

>I have a lot of text under \item in a \itemize environment in my latex file,
>I tried to get paragraphs by putting 2 newlines as usual, but latex did not
>generate paragraphs in the item. It simply left the line alone without indenting
>as for usual paragraph. 
>	Is there any way to get a normal paragraph in an item?

Yes, there is a way, but it's not pleasant.

The indentation of paragraphs in lists, such as \itemize, is governed
by the \listparindent, which is set to zero by the \list command.
However, you can use the commands \@listi, \@listii, et cetera
to set other defaults. Look in the style file to see the current
definition, and add a setting for \listparindent to it.

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\@listi}{ .... \listparindent=\parindent}
\makeatother

in the preamble of your document should do the job.

Victor.
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