clayton@thumper.UUCP (06/08/87)
Tom Hoffman wrote a latex macro that almost solves the .ip paragraph problem. I found his mixture of tex and latex confusing, so I rewrote his solution in latex: \newenvironment{itemlist}[1] {\begin{list}{}{\settowidth{\labelwidth}{#1} \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth} \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\itemindent} \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep} \renewcommand{\makelabel}[1]{##1\hfill}}}% {\end{list}} I also took a whack at a complete solution: % Back to tex we go. \def\ml#1{% \newbox \newlabel \setbox \newlabel =\hbox{#1}% \ifdim \wd\newlabel >\labelwidth \newdimen \pad \pad=\textwidth \advance \pad by-\rightmargin \advance \pad by-\itemindent \advance \pad by-\labelsep \hbox to\pad {#1\hfill}% \else #1\hfill \fi} \newenvironment{itemlist}[1] {\begin{list}{}{\settowidth{\labelwidth}{#1} \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth} \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\itemindent} \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep} \let\makelabel=\ml}}% {\end{list}} This seems to work; it even nests, but the inner itemlists cause overfull \hbox errors. When I find I'm writing macros like \ml I usually stop, calm down, and look for another solution. However, I'm going to cut my losses and let this one go. Here's a hint for anybody who picks it up: white-space is very important (which is partly why I'm letting this go).