LaTeX provides several List-Making Environments These may be nested up to four deep.
The items in the list are given by \item
commands.
A blank line before an \item
command has no effect.
Typically used for giving short definitions or descriptions; the
label
argument of the \item
command
generally giving the term being described (although it can
be left blank, it will look strange). The text of the
\item
command is indented.
Typically used for numbered lists.
Counters for these lists are
provided by enumi, emumii, enumiii, enumiv
, respectively, for the four
levels of nesting.
Typically used for unnumbered lists. The default
label
argument of the \item
command
produces "tick-marks" which vary by level of nesting, generally
"bullets" for the first level.Produces a list of labeled items and has required arguments that allow a great deal of flexibility in layout. It is generally used to define new environments with the
\newenvironment
command, or to
set up one-of-a-kind lists.
Like the List Environment, using the currently defined values of
list-making parameters; normally used to define an environment with a
single item, with an \item
command
as part of the environment definition.