[OS X TeX] environment for symbol notation

[Peter C. Lichtner]

Might want to try:

% *** DEFLIST ****
%
% Aufruf: \begin{deflist}{Label}
%         \item[label] TeX
%         \end{deflist}
% erzeugt: Liste, bei der das laengste Label die Einrueckungstiefe  
bestimmt
%
\def\deflabel#1{\textbf{#1}\hfill}
%\def\deflabel#1{#1\hfill}
\def\deflist#1{
     \list{}{\settowidth{\labelwidth}{\textbf{#1}}
%    \list{}{\settowidth{\labelwidth}{#1}
             \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}
             \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}
             \let\makelabel \deflabel}}
\let\enddeflist\endlist

Don't have a reference to who wrote this.
...Peter

On Feb 15, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:

> On Feb 15, 2008, at 11:38 AM, David Watson wrote:
>
>> How about a tabular environment, something like:
>>
>> \begin{tabular}{lp{10cm}}
>> $x$ & ong, windy and verbose  description that may span more
>>          than one line, but if does, it should be properly  
>> indented. \\
>> $y$ & newdescription
>> \end{tabular}
>
> That's promising --except that it cannot span multiple pages.
>
> Themis Matsoukas
> matsoukas at engr.psu.edu
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