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Subject: Re: Can itemize calculate optimal label widths?
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Hans Hagen wrote:
> At 10:18 20/02/2004, you wrote:
> 
>> Hi all!
>>
>> Is there a possiblity to have itemize calculate the optimal label 
>> width itself? I have an itemize that has rather different labels, e.g.:
>>
>> \startitemize
>> \sym{1.} An item
>> \sym{2.} Another item
>> \sym{103 a.} An item with a very broad label
>> \stopitemize
>>
>> In this example the label "103 a." flows into the item text. It would 
>> be great if itemize would automatically use a label width that fits 
>> the broadest label.
> 
> 
> for the moment use:
> 
>   \startitemize[2*broad]
> 
> and remind me in a few couple of weeks (months); it's on my mental to-do 
> list (not that hard to implement probably)
> 
> Hans 

Ok - thanks for the reply.

Is there a (TeX-)dimension for the label width available? In other 
words: by which amount is the current text area narrowed after an item 
has started?

--Stefan