Re: itemize columns transposed

[Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>]

On Sat, 17 Sep 2016, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote:
>
> Is there a reason why the above does not work using \item, like
>
> \startitemize[a,horizontal,three]
> \item $\int_0^2 1+2x\,dx$
> \item $\int_0^{\ln 2} e^s\,ds$
> \item $\int_0^{\ln 2} e^{2s}\,ds$
> \item $\int_0^{\pi} \sin t\,dt$
> \item $\int_0^{2\pi}\sin t\,dt$
> \item $\int_0^1\frac{1}{1+x^2}\,dx$
> \stopitemize
>
> but only with \startitem ... \stopitem? It is not that I have anything
> against using the \start...\stop... mechanism, but just curiosity.

I haven't looked at the code, but most likely reason is that it uses a two 
pass mechanism. It is easier to grab the content of a \start-stop pair 
rather than a command that could be terminated by either an \item or a 
\stopitem

At least, that is the reason why random option only works with \startitem 
.. \stopitem

Aditya
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