The paralist package implements the three standard lists: itemize, enumerate and description for usage within paragraphs. In other words, the package provides a way to create inline lists placed within normal text. Besides the inline environments for the standard lists, the package also provides support to format the labels (bullets, numbering, etc.). However, for labeling … [Read more…]
Sometimes it is hard to keep track of labels, particularly in large documents with many figures, tables or equations. Unless you remember all label names by heart, you will likely scroll up and down till you find the particular position in the text where the label is defined. The showlabels package provides a convenient way … [Read more…]
List items of numbered lists (enumerate) can be cross-referenced using the standard \label{} and \ref{} command pair. Cross-referencing description items is not supported by default, but can be done with a few additional lines of code in the preamble. Enumerate Ordered or numbered lists are cross-referenced with the label-ref command pair similar to figures, tables … [Read more…]
I stumbled across this package recently thanks to a comment by ofer. Basically, the etaremune package inverses the enumerate counter, making the indices decreasing rather than increasing. Basic example: Furthermore, to make the package more flexible, it offers different customizations. Starting number: The start option, lets you begin with an arbitrary number. In case the … [Read more…]
The default maximum depth for the list environments enumerate and itemize is four. Using more than four nested levels will lead to the error: “Too deeply nested”. One way to increase the depth of a list is using a mix of enumerate and itemize. However, obviously, some levels will be a bulleted rather than enumerated. … [Read more…]