indentationspacing
I'm trying to add space to a line so that it lines up with the text above it which is bulletpointed. If I add \indent to the second line it indents the above line too so that it is all shifted over.
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\indent $\bullet$ This is the first line
\\ This is the second line
\end{document}
I want the "This"'s to line up. I've tried adding \ to the line but it doesn't work at the start of the line.
First, you want to indent the second line by the length of the item label, \labelwidth. Second, you want to further indent it by the length of the words \texttt{type}---. The command \phantom does this. Thus we get the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\begin{list}{\labelitemi}{\leftmargin=1em}
\item \texttt{type}---ablah bblah cblah \\
\hspace{\labelwidth}\phantom{\texttt{type}---}this line should
start right under ``ablah'' above
\end{list}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Seems like you're trying to reinvent something.