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Fedora - LaTeX Typesetting – Part 1 (Lists) - xSicKxBot - 06-16-2020
LaTeX Typesetting – Part 1 (Lists)
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists.png" width="519" height="210" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>This series builds on the previous articles: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://fedoramagazine.org/typeset-latex-texstudio-fedora" target="_blank">Typeset your docs with LaTex and TeXstudio on Fedora</a> and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-classroom-latex-101-beginners" target="_blank">LaTeX 101 for beginners</a>. This first part of the series is about LaTeX lists.</p>
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<h2>Types of lists</h2>
<p>LaTeX lists are enclosed environments, and each item in the list can take a line of text to a full paragraph. There are three types of lists available in LaTeX. They are:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Itemized</strong>: unordered or bullet</li>
<li><strong>Enumerated</strong>: ordered</li>
<li><strong>Description</strong>: descriptive</li>
</ul>
<h2>Creating lists</h2>
<p>To create a list, prefix each list item with the \<em>item</em> command. Precede and follow the list of items with the \<em>begin</em>{<type>} and \<em>end</em>{<type>} commands respectively where <type> is substituted with the type of the list as illustrated in the following examples.</p>
<h3>Itemized list</h3>
<div class="wp-block-jetpack-markdown">
<pre>\begin{itemize} \item Fedora \item Fedora Spin \item Fedora Silverblue
\end{itemize}
</pre>
</div>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31169" /></figure>
<h3>Enumerated list</h3>
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<pre>\begin{enumerate} \item Fedora CoreOS \item Fedora Silverblue \item Fedora Spin
\end{enumerate}
</pre>
</div>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31170" /></figure>
<h3>Descriptive list</h3>
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<pre>\begin{description} \item[Fedora 6] Code name Zod \item[Fedora 8] Code name Werewolf
\end{description}
</pre>
</div>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31171" /></figure>
<h2>Spacing list items</h2>
<p>The default spacing can be customized by adding \<em>usepackage{enumitem}</em> to the preamble. The <em>enumitem</em> package enables the <em>noitemsep</em> option and the \<em>itemsep</em> command which you can use on your lists as illustrated below.</p>
<h3>Using the noitemsep option</h3>
<p>Enclose the <em>noitemsep</em> option in square brackets and place it on the \<em>begin</em> command as shown below. This option removes the default spacing.</p>
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<pre>\begin{itemize}[noitemsep] \item Fedora \item Fedora Spin \item Fedora Silverblue
\end{itemize}
</pre>
</div>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31172" /></figure>
<h3>Using the \itemsep command</h3>
<p>The \<em>itemsep</em> command must be suffixed with a number to indicate how much space there should be between the list items.</p>
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<pre>\begin{itemize} \itemsep0.75pt \item Fedora Silverblue \item Fedora CoreOS
\end{itemize}
</pre>
</div>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists-4.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31173" /></figure>
<h2>Nesting lists</h2>
<p>LaTeX supports nested lists up to four levels deep as illustrated below.</p>
<h3>Nested itemized lists</h3>
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<pre>\begin{itemize}[noitemsep] \item Fedora Versions \begin{itemize} \item Fedora 8 \item Fedora 9 \begin{itemize} \item Werewolf \item Sulphur \begin{itemize} \item 2007-05-31 \item 2008-05-13 \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \end{itemize} \item Fedora Spin \item Fedora Silverblue
\end{itemize}
</pre>
</div>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists-5.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31175" /></figure>
<h3>Nested enumerated lists</h3>
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<pre>\begin{enumerate}[noitemsep] \item Fedora Versions \begin{enumerate} \item Fedora 8 \item Fedora 9 \begin{enumerate} \item Werewolf \item Sulphur \begin{enumerate} \item 2007-05-31 \item 2008-05-13 \end{enumerate} \end{enumerate} \end{enumerate} \item Fedora Spin \item Fedora Silverblue
\end{enumerate}
</pre>
</div>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists-6.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31177" /></figure>
<h2>List style names for each list type</h2>
<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-stripes">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Enumerated</span></strong></td>
<td><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Itemized</span></strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">\alph*</td>
<td>$\bullet$</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">\Alph*</td>
<td>$\cdot$</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">\arabic*</td>
<td>$\diamond$</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">\roman*</td>
<td>$\ast$</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left">\Roman*</td>
<td>$\circ$</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="has-text-align-left" data-align="left"></td>
<td>$-$</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</figure>
<h2 class="has-text-align-left">Default style by list depth</h2>
<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-stripes">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Level</span></strong></td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Enumerated</span></strong> </td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center"> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Itemized</span></strong> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Number</td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Bullet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Lowercase alphabet</td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Dash</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Roman numerals</td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Asterisk</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Uppercase alphabet</td>
<td class="has-text-align-center" data-align="center">Period</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</figure>
<h2>Setting list styles</h2>
<p>The below example illustrates each of the different itemiszed list styles.</p>
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<pre>% Itemize style
\begin{itemize} \item[$\ast$] Asterisk \item[$\diamond$] Diamond \item[$\circ$] Circle \item[$\cdot$] Period \item[$\bullet$] Bullet (default) \item[--] Dash \item[$-$] Another dash
\end{itemize}
</pre>
</div>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists-7.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31180" /></figure>
<p>There are three methods of setting list styles. They are illustrated below. These methods are listed by priority; highest priority first. A higher priority will override a lower priority if more than one is defined for a list item.</p>
<h3>List styling method 1 – per item</h3>
<p>Enclose the name of the desired style in square brackets and place it on the \<em>item</em> command as demonstrated below.</p>
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<pre>% First method
\begin{itemize} \item[$\ast$] Asterisk \item[$\diamond$] Diamond \item[$\circ$] Circle \item[$\cdot$] period \item[$\bullet$] Bullet (default) \item[--] Dash \item[$-$] Another dash
\end{itemize}
</pre>
</div>
<h3>List styling method 2 – on the list</h3>
<p>Prefix the name of the desired style with <em>label=</em>. Place the parameter, including the <em>label=</em> prefix, in square brackets on the \<em>begin</em> command as demonstrated below.</p>
<div class="wp-block-jetpack-markdown">
<pre>% Second method
\begin{enumerate}[label=\Alph*.] \item Fedora 32 \item Fedora 31 \item Fedora 30
\end{enumerate}
</pre>
</div>
<h3>List styling method 3 – on the document</h3>
<p>This method changes the default style for the entire document. Use the \<em>renewcommand</em> to set the values for the labelitems. There is a different labelitem for each of the four label depths as demonstrated below.</p>
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<pre>% Third method
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\ast$}
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{$\diamond$}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiii}{$\bullet$}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiv}{$-$}
</pre>
</div>
<h2>Summary</h2>
<p>LaTeX supports three types of lists. The style and spacing of each of the list types can be customized. More LaTeX elements will be explained in future posts.</p>
<p>Additional reading about LaTeX lists can be found here: <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/List_Structures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LaTeX List Structures</a></p></p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/06/15/latex-typesetting-part-1-lists/