[Tex/LaTex] Eliminate indent in an \renewcommand\item

indentationitemizemacros

I am using a class that contains macros with \newenvironment and \renewcommand\item. I have been struggling with the indentation, as in a normal \begin{itemize} I have found simple solutions to eliminate it, but they don't seem to work in my case.

An important thing is that I have been searching for solutions that eliminate indentation locally , as in my document I have other lists that I want to preserve with standard indentation.

The class I am using is the following one (in \newenvironment{educationlist} is where I want to eliminate indentation) :

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{tccv}
              [2012/11/09 v1.0
 Two Column Curriculum Vitae]

\LoadClass[10pt]{scrartcl}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1}
\RequirePackage[hmargin=1.25cm,vmargin=1.25cm,twocolumn,columnsep=1.25cm]{geometry}
\RequirePackage{bookman,etoolbox,hyperref,needspace,tabularx,xcolor,fontawesome,makecell,graphicx}

% Capitalize words of at least a minimum length (default to 3 chars).
% The text is capitalized before being expanded.
%
% This macro uses Lua to do the job but fails gracefully (that is,
% return the text as is) if \directlua is not available.
%
% |[
% \ucwords[optional: miminum length]{text}
% ]|
\newcommand\ucwords[2][3]{%
    % Fails gracefully if not in LuaLaTeX
    \providecommand\directlua[1]{#2}%
    \directlua{%
    local minlen=tonumber("#1")
    local src="\luaescapestring{\unexpanded{#2}}"
    local dst={}
    for w in src:gmatch('[^\string\%s]+') do
        if w:len() >= minlen then w = w:sub(1,1):upper()..w:sub(2) end
        table.insert(dst, w)
    end
    tex.print(dst)}}

\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\color[HTML]{303030} % Default foreground color
\definecolor{link}{HTML}{506060} % Hyperlinks
\hypersetup{colorlinks,breaklinks,urlcolor=link,linkcolor=link}
\setkomafont{disposition}{\color[HTML]{0058B6}}
\setkomafont{section}{\scshape\Large\mdseries}

% Overrides the \section command to capitalize every
% word for cosmetic purposes and draws a rule under it.
\let\old@section\section
\renewcommand\section[2][]{%
    \old@section[#1]{\ucwords{#2}}%
    \newdimen\raising%
    \raising=\dimexpr-0.7\baselineskip\relax%
    \vskip\raising\hrule height 0.4pt\vskip-\raising}

% Allow conditionals based on the job name. This can usually be set
% from a command-line argument: check fausto.en.tex for an example.
%
% |[
% \ifjob{jobname}{content if matches}{content if does not match}
% ]|
\newcommand\ifjob[3]{%
    \edef\JOBNAME{\jobname}%
    \edef\PIVOT{\detokenize{#1}}%
    \ifdefstrequal{\JOBNAME}{\PIVOT}{#2}{#3}%
}

% Use only \item inside this environment: no other macros
% are allowed:
%
% |[
% \item[optional: what has been achieved]{years}{subject}{notes}
% ]|
\newenvironment{educationlist}{%
    \renewcommand\item[4][]{%
    {\bfseries ##3} & {\raggedleft\scshape ##2} \\
    \ifstrempty{##1}{}{\multicolumn{2}{l}{\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}\scshape ##1\end{minipage}} \smallskip\\}
    \multicolumn{2}{l}{\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}\itshape ##4\end{minipage}}\medskip\\}
    \tabularx{\linewidth}{X r}}
    {\endtabularx}

% Use only \item inside this environment: no other macros
% are allowed:
%
% |[
% \item{fact}{description}
% ]|
\newenvironment{factlist}{%
    \newdimen\unbaseline
    \unbaseline=\dimexpr-\baselinestretch\baselineskip\relax
    \renewcommand\item[2]{%
    \textsc{##1} & {\raggedright ##2\medskip\\}\\[\unbaseline]}
    \tabularx{\linewidth}{rX}}
    {\endtabularx}

The Latex document:

\documentclass{tccv}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{fontawesome}
\usepackage[gen]{eurosym}

\begin{document}

\section{Education}

\begin{educationlist}

\item[High school diploma]{1988 -- 1992}
     {Informatic engineer}
     {ITIS Castelli, Brescia}

\item{1987 -- 1988}
     {Classical gymnasium}
     {Seminario vescovile, Cremona}

\end{educationlist}

\section{Languages}

\begin{factlist}
\item{Spanish}{Native speaker}
\item{English}{Level C2}
\item{French}{Level C1}
\end{factlist}

\end{document}

The result (as you can see, the Education section has an indent that I want to eliminate while preserving the one of Languages):

Thanks in advance!

Best Answer

Here is a modified class, under the name mytccv.cls. The indents came from \tabcolsep on the left side of the tabular used in the redefinition of \item. Also I took the liberty to colour the lines under the section titles (same as font):

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{tccv}
              [2012/11/09 v1.0
 Two Column Curriculum Vitae]

\LoadClass[10pt]{scrartcl}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-1}
\RequirePackage[hmargin=1.25cm,vmargin=1.25cm,twocolumn,columnsep=1.25cm]{geometry}
\RequirePackage{bookman,etoolbox,hyperref,needspace,tabularx,xcolor,fontawesome,makecell,graphicx}

% Capitalize words of at least a minimum length (default to 3 chars).
% The text is capitalized before being expanded.
%
% This macro uses Lua to do the job but fails gracefully (that is,
% return the text as is) if \directlua is not available.
%
% |[
% \ucwords[optional: miminum length]{text}
% ]|
\newcommand\ucwords[2][3]{%
    % Fails gracefully if not in LuaLaTeX
    \providecommand\directlua[1]{#2}%
    \directlua{%
    local minlen=tonumber("#1")
    local src="\luaescapestring{\unexpanded{#2}}"
    local dst={}
    for w in src:gmatch('[^\string\%s]+') do
        if w:len() >= minlen then w = w:sub(1,1):upper()..w:sub(2) end
        table.insert(dst, w)
    end
    tex.print(dst)}}

\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\color[HTML]{303030} % Default foreground color
\definecolor{link}{HTML}{506060} % Hyperlinks
\hypersetup{colorlinks,breaklinks,urlcolor=link,linkcolor=link}
\setkomafont{disposition}{\color[HTML]{0058B6}}
\setkomafont{section}{\scshape\Large\mdseries}

% Overrides the \section command to capitalize every
% word for cosmetic purposes and draws a rule under it.
\let\old@section\section
\renewcommand\section[2][]{%
    \old@section[#1]{\ucwords{#2}}%
    \newdimen\raising%
    \raising=\dimexpr-0.7\baselineskip\relax%
    \vskip\raising{\color[HTML]{0058B6} \hrule height 0.4pt}\vskip-\raising}


% Allow conditionals based on the job name. This can usually be set
% from a command-line argument: check fausto.en.tex for an example.
%
% |[
% \ifjob{jobname}{content if matches}{content if does not match}
% ]|
\newcommand\ifjob[3]{%
    \edef\JOBNAME{\jobname}%
    \edef\PIVOT{\detokenize{#1}}%
    \ifdefstrequal{\JOBNAME}{\PIVOT}{#2}{#3}%
}

% Use only \item inside this environment: no other macros
% are allowed:
%
% |[
% \item[optional: what has been achieved]{years}{subject}{notes}
% ]|
\newenvironment{educationlist}{%
    \renewcommand\item[4][]{%
    {\bfseries ##3} & {\raggedleft\scshape ##2} \\
    \ifstrempty{##1}{}{\multicolumn{2}{@{}l}{\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}\scshape ##1\end{minipage}} \smallskip\\}
    \multicolumn{2}{@{}l}{\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}\itshape ##4\end{minipage}}\medskip\\}
    \tabularx{\linewidth}{@{}X r}}
    {\endtabularx}

% Use only \item inside this environment: no other macros
% are allowed:
%
% |[
% \item{fact}{description}
% ]|
\newenvironment{factlist}{%
    \newdimen\unbaseline
    \unbaseline=\dimexpr-\baselinestretch\baselineskip\relax
    \renewcommand\item[2]{%
    \textsc{##1} & {\raggedright ##2\medskip\\}\\[\unbaseline]}
    \tabularx{\linewidth}{@{}rX}}
    {\endtabularx}

and the LaTeX code:

\documentclass{mytccv}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{fontawesome}
\usepackage[gen]{eurosym}

\begin{document}

\section{Education}

\begin{educationlist}

\item[High school diploma]{1988 -- 1992}
     {Informatic engineer}
     {ITIS Castelli, Brescia}

\item{1987 -- 1988}
     {Classical gymnasium}
     {Seminario vescovile, Cremona}

\end{educationlist}

\section{Languages}

\begin{factlist}
\item{Spanish}{Native speaker}
\item{English}{Level C2}
\item{French}{Level C1}
\end{factlist}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Multiline item indent

Instead of setting itemindent, you can change the values for leftmargin and labelindent:

\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm,enumitem}

\begin{document}
To convert from general form to standard form, we will follow these steps:
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  \item Rewrite the result in factored form.
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

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In fact, if some of your lists will have 10 or more items, the following settings would be preferable:

\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm,enumitem}

\begin{document}
To convert from general form to standard form, we will follow these steps:
\begin{enumerate}[labelwidth=1.5cm,labelindent=10pt,leftmargin=2.2cm,label=\bfseries Step \arabic*.,align=left]
  \setcounter{enumi}{8}% just for the example
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  \item Group the terms containing $x$ and $y$ respectively. Move the constant to the RHS.
  \item Take half of the coefficient of the linear terms in both $x$ and $y$, square it and add it to both sides.
  \item Rewrite the result in factored form.
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

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With the help of the layouts package and the following simple code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{layouts}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\listdiagram
\caption{List parameters}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

you get a diagram showing the various lengths associated to a list:

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the enumitem package adds another parameter \labelindent for the blank space from the margin of the enclosing list/text to the left edge of the label box. Here's the dependencies between the relevant horizontal parameters:

\leftmargin + \itemindent = \labelindent + \labelwidth + \labelsep

Only modifying itemindent changes the indention for the first line of the first paragraph of each \item, and this produces the undesired result in your example code; modifying leftmargin changes the indention for all the lines. Compare the results in this simple example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{enumitem,lipsum}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[itemindent=3cm]
\item text
\item \lipsum[2]
\end{enumerate}

\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=3cm]
\item text
\item \lipsum[2]
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] indenting under item

You're better off using enumitem to manage your lists:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}

\begin{itemize}
  \item \textbf{Something}

  Something else
\end{itemize}

\begin{itemize}[listparindent=\parindent]
  \item \textbf{Something}

  Something else
\end{itemize}

\noindent \textbf{Something}

Something else

\end{document}

The listparindent key sets the paragraph indent inside a list item, where the default is 0pt. Note that you have to insert an explicit \par or an empty line. It's better than using \\ directly.

If you also want to indent the first paragraph in the itemize, then use itemindent, as suggested in Indenting First Paragraph in a List.

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