setting \leftmargin in enumerate environment
hgre...@math.cudenver.edu
just after \begin{enumerate}. According to my understanding from the
LaTeX Companion, I should see the list align with my paragraphs. I
tried other lengths less than the default to see if the left margin
would move at all (like 10pt), but it's ignored. Is this a bug that I
need to work around, or am I missing something?
Peter Flynn
> I cannot get the compiler to recognize \setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
> just after \begin{enumerate}.
By then it's too late: the left margin has already been established.
> According to my understanding from the
> LaTeX Companion, I should see the list align with my paragraphs. I
> tried other lengths less than the default to see if the left margin
> would move at all (like 10pt), but it's ignored. Is this a bug that I
> need to work around, or am I missing something?
{\setlength{\leftmargini}{0pt}
\begin{enumerate}
...
\end{enumerate}}
This will hang the item numbers out into the margin: this is presumably
what you were looking for.
///Peter
hgre...@math.cudenver.edu
does work aftet the \begin{enumerate}.
Peter Flynn
> that doesn't work (I had tried it).
It does, you know. Do this:
\documentclass[11pt]{report}
\begin{document}
\noindent This is the first paragraph
\setlength{\leftmargini}{0pt}
\begin{enumerate}
\item First item
\item Second item
\end{enumerate}
Here is some more text
\end{document}
But it's \leftmargini, not \leftmargin.
> FYI, \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}
> does work aftet the \begin{enumerate}.
That reduces the *vertical* space between items. You were asking about
the horizontal (margin) spacing.
///Peter