[comp.text] []'s in LaTeX

brian@radio.astro.utoronto.ca (Brian Glendenning) (02/16/89)

I am experiencing a small problem with LaTex and I was wondering if
anyone knew how to solve it.

I am using the \begin{itemize}...\item...\end{itemize} environment
where one of the \item's text contains square brackets ( [] ).  This
is causing that item to appear about 1 inch over to the left from
where it should be when printed.  I have tried \[ without success.
My guess as to the root of the problem is that LaTex is confusing the
{itemize} environment with the {description} environment.

Any and all suggestion on how to work around this problem would be
greatly appreciated.

Marie
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ertem@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tuna Ertemalp) (02/16/89)

Try putting them within braces, like:  

\begin{itemize}
  \item blahblah {[}further blahblah{]} some more of it
  \item {[the ultimate blah]} end--of--blahblah
\end{itemize}

I haven't tried this, but I think it works...

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