Jack Byers byersj@xxxxxxxxxxx
Dean S. Messing" <deanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
| I'm trying to create a bulleted outline that goes deeper
| Ithan six levels. The LeTeX "list" environment only lets
| Iyou go to six levels. I've failed to find any LaTeX
| Ipackages that extend this or define a new environment that
|is of arbitary depth.
| Do any of you know of a solution, short of just "hand
| indenting" the items? Note: the items in the list must
| have "bullets" associated with them that are different
| Ifor different levels.
the following works in plain Tex
it took me a few hours actually, trying to remember some of this stuff
it takes off from the TexBook definitions of \item and \itemitem
page 355
\magnification=1200
\parindent=20pt
\def\itemthree{\par\indent\indent \hangindent 3\parindent \textindent}
\def\itemfour{\par\indent\indent\indent \hangindent 4\parindent \textindent}
\def\itemfive{\par\indent\indent\indent\indent \hangindent 5\parindent
\textindent}
\def\itemsix{\par \indent\indent\indent\indent\indent \hangindent
6\parindent \textindent}
\def\itemseven{\par \indent\indent\indent\indent\indent\indent \hangindent
7\parindent \textindent}
\item{1} item
\itemitem{2} itemitem
\itemthree{3} itemthree
\itemfour{4} itemfour
\itemfive{5} itemfive
\itemsix{6} itemsix
\itemseven{7} itemseven
%% those test small bits of text to seven levels
%% the following tests longer text to see if it is wrapped corrrectly
\item{1} item yyyyyyyyyadaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
\itemitem{2} itemitem yadddddahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
\itemthree{3} itemthree 2indent hadahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
\itemfour{4} itemfour 3indent yadddddddaaaaaa aahhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhaaaa aaa
aaaaaaaaaaaa
\itemfive{5} itemfive
hadahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
\itemsix{6} itemsix 5indent hadahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhh hhhhh
\itemseven{7} itemseven 6indent hadahhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhh hh hhhhhhhhhhh
\bye
I used to be a lot better at TeX; this seems to work but is not elegant
hth
Jack
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