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Lists
LaTeX provides several List-Making Environments
These may be nested up to four deep.
The items in the list are given by \item
commands.
A blank line before an \item command has no effect.
List-Making Enviroments
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- Typically used for giving short definitions or descriptions; the
label argument of the \item command
generally giving the term being described (although it can
be left blank, it will look strange). The text of the
\item command is indented.
-
- Typically used for numbered lists.
Counters for these lists are
provided by enumi, emumii, enumiii, enumiv, respectively, for the four
levels of nesting.
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- Typically used for unnumbered lists. The default
label argument of the \item command
produces "tick-marks" which vary by level of nesting, generally
"bullets" for the first level.
-
- Produces a list of labeled items and has required arguments that
allow a great deal of flexibility in layout. It is generally used
to define new environments with the
\newenvironment command, or to
set up one-of-a-kind lists.
-
- Like the List Environment, using the currently defined values of
list-making parameters; normally used to define an environment with a
single item, with an \item command
as part of the environment definition.
See also \item
See also Counters,
Environments
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 18 May 1995.