[Tex/LaTex] how to align multiple lines on same indent without enumeration

indentationparagraphs

I want a similar effect as desired in the question How to align multiple lines on same indent?. But I don't want the enumeration or bullet point list. I want only more indentation for some lines like the following:

some text some text some text 
some text some text some text 
    some indented text some indented text some indented text 
    some indented text some indented text some indented text 
         some more indented text some more indented text  
         some more indented text some more indented text  
some text some text some text 
some text some text some text 
    some indented text some indented text some indented text 
    some indented text some indented text some indented text 
         some more indented text some more indented text  
         some more indented text some more indented text  
    some indented text some indented text some indented text 
    some indented text some indented text some indented text 
some text some text some text 
some text some text some text

I can do it manually by inserting additional white-space characters. But it is not a LaTex style solution. I am looking for such a solution.

Best Answer

Here is a solution using the enumitem package where I had used an empty label, and set the leftmargin of the top level list as 0pt:

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Notes:

The showframe package was used just to show the page margins. It is not needed in your actual use case.

Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{showframe}
\newlist{MyIndentedList}{itemize}{4}
\setlist[MyIndentedList,1]{%
    label={},
    noitemsep,
    leftmargin=0pt,
    }
\setlist[MyIndentedList]{%
    label={},
    noitemsep,
    }

\begin{document}
\begin{MyIndentedList}
\item some text some text some text 
\item some text some text some text 
    \begin{MyIndentedList}
        \item some indented text some indented text some indented text 
        \item some indented text some indented text some indented text 
        \begin{MyIndentedList}
             \item some more indented text some more indented text  
             \item some more indented text some more indented text 
         \end{MyIndentedList} 
    \end{MyIndentedList}
\item some text some text some text 
\item some text some text some text 
    \begin{MyIndentedList}
        \item some indented text some indented text some indented text 
        \item some indented text some indented text some indented text 
        \begin{MyIndentedList}
             \item some more indented text some more indented text  
             \item some more indented text some more indented text  
         \end{MyIndentedList} 
        \item some indented text some indented text some indented text 
        \item some indented text some indented text some indented text 
     \end{MyIndentedList} 
\item some text some text some text 
\item some text some text some text 
\end{MyIndentedList}
\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Paragraph indented to absolute horizontal position.

You can use the hanging package to do this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hanging}
\newcommand{\lipsum}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
 adipiscing elit. Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,
 adipiscing vitae, felis.}
\begin{document}
\lipsum\lipsum\par
\hangpara{2in}{1}
\indent\lipsum\lipsum
\end{document}

output of code

Edit

If what you need is more like a list, you can use the enumitem package to define a description environment. This seems to be closer to what you want.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setdescription{style=sameline,leftmargin=2in}
\newcommand{\lipsum}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
  adipiscing elit. Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac,
  adipiscing vitae, felis.}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}
\item[A description]\lipsum
\item[Another description]\lipsum
\end{description}

\end{document}

output of code

[Tex/LaTex] Left-aligning all text in itemized list (beamer)

Try influencing the left margin instead of the item indent to get the alignment right. This can be done by changing the length \leftmargini before \begin{itemize}:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{beamerposter}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\begin{block}{Evaluation}
    Compare seasonality estimated by our method with that in:
    \setlength{\leftmargini}{2.5em}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item ``Agricultural" grid cells ($p_a > 0.8$) 
        \item ``Non-agricultural" grid cells ($p_a < 0.2$)
        \item 80\% threshold based on the land cover classification scheme for cropland discussed by [10].
    \end{itemize}
\end{block}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

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