List Environments

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description Environment

      \begin{description}
      \item [label] First item
      \item [label] Second item
      .
      .
      .
      \end{description}

The description environment is used to make labeled lists. The label is bold face and flushed right.

enumerate Environment

      \begin{enumerate}
      \item First item
      \item Second item
      .
      .
      .
      \end{enumerate}

The enumerate environment produces a numbered list. Enumerations can be nested within one another, up to four levels deep. They can also be nested within other paragraph-making environments.

Each item of an enumerated list begins with an \item command. There must be at least one \item command within the environment.

The enumerate environment uses the enumi through enumiv counters The type of numbering can be changed by redefining \theenumi etc.

itemize Environment

      \begin{itemize}
      \item First item
      \item Second item
      .
      .
      .
      \end{itemize}

The itemize environment produces a “bulleted” list. Itemizations can be nested within one another, up to four levels deep. They can also be nested within other paragraph-making environments.

Each item of an itemized list begins with an \item command. There must be at least one \item command within the environment.

The itemize environment uses the itemi through itemiv counters The type of numbering can be changed by redefining \theitemi etc.

list Environment

The list environment is a generic environment which is used for defining many of the more specific environments. It is seldom used in documents, but often in macros.

      \begin{list}{label}{fmt-params}
      \item First item
      \item Second item
      .
      .
      .
      \end{list}

label

specifies how items should be labeled. This argument is a piece of text that is inserted in a box to form the label. This argument can and usually does contain other LaTeX commands.

fmt-params

contains commands to change the spacing parameters for the list. An empty argument will select all default spacing which should suffice for most cases.

Format Parameters

The list environment has a number of format parameters which can be set in the second parameter of the environment. The various parameters are listed below and in the accompanying figure. The vertical-space parameters are rubber lengths; the horizontal-space parameters are rigid.

    \itemsep 
    \labelsep 
    \labelwidth 
    \leftmargin 
    \listparindent 
    \parsep 
    \parskip 
    \partopsep 
    \rightmargin 
    \topsep 

The following figure illustrates the use of these format parameters.

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