Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.4C2056BC@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:42:10 +0100 Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4C2056BC" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: indented material Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1991 13:03:08 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 433 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4C2056BC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable No opinions, but some comments on what Victor wrote: > It would seem then that the LaTeX approach, which relies on shifting = the > \leftskip is an improvement: indentation will stay the same, no matter > how many paragraphs you put in an item. LateX does not "shift the \leftskip" for litst (at least not for the ones that conatin \item, which are, I assume, what he is talking about). > However, there is an important difference: in the first case the = \hsize > is decreased by the amount of the indentation; inthe second case the > \hsize stays the same. In neither case is the \hsize changed. chris ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4C2056BC Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: indented material

No opinions, but some comments on what Victor = wrote:

> It would seem then that the LaTeX approach, which = relies on shifting the
> \leftskip is an improvement: indentation will = stay the same, no matter
> how many paragraphs you put in an item.
LateX does not "shift the \leftskip" for = litst (at least not for the
ones that conatin \item, which are, I assume, what he = is talking
about).

> However, there is an important difference: in the = first case the \hsize
> is decreased by the amount of the indentation; = inthe second case the
> \hsize stays the same.
In neither case is the \hsize changed.


chris

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