[OS X TeX] label too wide

[George Gratzer]

Thanks, Ross. I used \leftmargin. My bad.

GG

On 2010-02-04, at 5:11 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hi George,
> 
> On 05/02/2010, at 9:46 AM, George Gratzer wrote:
> 
>> I need this:
>> 
>> \begin{enumerate}
>> \item[(Refl)]%P1
>> Reflexivity\index{Reflexivity}\index{Binary relation!reflexive}:\hspace{21pt} $a
>> \leq a$.\hfill
>> \item[(Asym)]%P2
>> \index{Asym}\index{Binary relation!antisymmetric} Antisymmetry:\q $a
>> \leq b$ and $b \leq a$ imply that $a = b$.
>> \item[(Trans)]%P3
>> Transitivity\index{Transitivity}\index{Binary relation!transitive}:\hspace{17pt}
>> $a \leq b$ and $b \leq c$ imply that $a \leq c$.
>> \item[(Lin)]%P4
>> Linearity\index{Linearity}:\hspace{29pt} $a \leq b$ or $b \leq a$.
>> \end{enumerate}
>> 
>> The problem is that the labels are too wide, stick out to the margin. Bow to fix it?
> 
> Adjust the appropriate left-margin for such lists.
> It could be  \leftmargini \leftmarginii \leftmarginiii  etc.
> according to the list-nesting depth.
> 
> For example:
> 
> \noindent
> Text before.
> {\addtolength{\leftmargini}{50pt}
> \begin{enumerate}
> \item[(Refl)]%P1
> Reflexivity\index{Reflexivity}\index{Binary relation!reflexive}:\hspace{21pt} $a
> \leq a$.\hfill
> \item[(Asym)]%P2
> \index{Asym}\index{Binary relation!antisymmetric} Antisymmetry:  $a
> \leq b$ and $b \leq a$ imply that $a = b$.
> \item[(Trans)]%P3
> Transitivity\index{Transitivity}\index{Binary relation!transitive}:\hspace{17pt}
> $a \leq b$ and $b \leq c$ imply that $a \leq c$.
> \item[(Lin)]%P4
> Linearity\index{Linearity}:\hspace{29pt} $a \leq b$ or $b \leq a$.
> \end{enumerate}}
> \noindent
> Text after.
> 
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>> 
>> GG
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Ross
> 
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