When writing documents in TeX/LaTeX, it is important to understand how the TeX engine “thinks”. A paragraph is the basic text unit in a document and many TeX/LaTeX commands, when used properly, affect the current paragraph only. TeX provides a set of basic commands controlling the way a paragraphs are typeset. The following article explains … [Read more…]
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…]
In LaTeX, paragraphs are ended by leaving a blank line between the end of the previous and the beginning of the next paragraph, never through a combination of end-line (\\) and new-line (\newline) commands. A standard paragraph Changing the standard behavior The new paragraph automatically gets indented a little with no extra vertical … [Read more…]