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Indenting a whole paragraph
Write text with some fixed amount of space from the margin
I would like to indent a paragraph or two for a specific amount.
The quote environment is not suitable, since indentation width is not configurable.
An article suggested using {\addtolength{\leftskip}{5mm} text}, but that doesn't work for me.
Another article suggested a very hacky way, which involved temporarily modifying global margins.
Is there a clean solution for this?
Others have mentioned enumerations, but perhaps have overlooked the request for material between items. An out-of-the-box solution for this is provided by the enumitem package, where there is the possibility of labelling an enumerate with a series name. Following instances can then use enumerate together with resume
\begin{enumerate}[series=numpars]
\item ...
\end{enumerate}
....
\begin{enumerate][resume=numpars]
\item ...
\end{enumerate}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{lipsum} %For dummy text
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{enumerate}[series=numpars]
\item \lipsum[2]
\end{enumerate}
\lipsum[3]
\begin{enumerate}[resume=numpars]
\item \lipsum[4]
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
If you would like a dedicated environment numpar for this without the need for resume or item then you can use the following code, which produces the same output as above. The idea is to add a toggle to keep track of whether this is the first instance or not and pass either series or resume to the list constructor. Additionally, it has been set-up with a dedicated list type numparmain, that could be customised further (via standard options in enumitem) to adjust indentation or label style.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem,etoolbox}
\newlist{numparmain}{enumerate}{1}
\setlist[numparmain]{label=\arabic*.}
\newtoggle{firstnumpar}
\toggletrue{firstnumpar}
\newenvironment{numpar}{\iftoggle{firstnumpar}%
{\begin{numparmain}[series=numpars]}%
{\begin{numparmain}[resume=numpars]}%
\global\togglefalse{firstnumpar}%
\item\ignorespaces}%
{\end{numparmain}}
\usepackage{lipsum} %For dummy text
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{numpar}
\lipsum[2]
\end{numpar}
\lipsum[3]
\begin{numpar}
\lipsum[4]
\end{numpar}
\end{document}
Perhaps a list environment is all you need?
\documentclass{article}
\newenvironment{hangingpar}[1]
{\begin{list}
{}
{\setlength{\itemindent}{-#1}%%'
\setlength{\leftmargin}{#1}%%'
\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}%%'
\setlength{\parsep}{\parskip}%%'
\setlength{\topsep}{\parskip}%%'
}
\setlength{\parindent}{-#1}%%
\item[]
}
{\end{list}}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\begin{hangingpar}{2em}
\lipsum[1-5]
\end{hangingpar}
\vspace{2ex}
But, \lipsum[6-7]
\end{document}
Alternatively, you could define an environment as follows:
\newenvironment{hangingparII}[1]
{\setlength{\leftskip}{#1}%%
\setlength{\parindent}{#1}%%
}
{\par}
This approach is not quite equivalent to the first. \leftskip handles the horizontal placement of displayed math differently from how a list environment handles things as the following MWE illustrates.
\documentclass{article}
\newenvironment{hangingpar}[1]
{\begin{list}
{}
{\setlength{\itemindent}{-#1}%%'
\setlength{\leftmargin}{#1}%%'
\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}%%'
\setlength{\parsep}{\parskip}%%'
\setlength{\topsep}{\parskip}%%'
}
\setlength{\parindent}{-#1}%%
\item[]
}
{\end{list}}
\newenvironment{hangingparII}[1]
{\setlength{\leftskip}{#1}%%'
\setlength{\parindent}{-#1}%%'
}
{\par}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\begin{hangingpar}{3em}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut
purus elit, vestibu- lum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae,
felis. Curabitur dictum gravida mauris. Nam dui ligula,
fringilla a, euismod sodales, sollicitudin vel, wisi.
\[
\sin^2(x) + \cos^2(x) = 1
\]
Morbi auctor lorem non justo. Nam lacus libero, pretium at,
lobortis vitae, ultricies et, tellus. Donec aliquet, tortor sed
accumsan bibendum, erat ligula aliquet magna, vitae ornare odio
metus a mi. Morbi ac orci et nisl hendrerit mollis.
Suspendisse ut massa. Cras nec ante. Pellentesque a nulla. Cum
sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes,
nascetur ridiculus mus. Aliquam tincidunt urna. Nulla
ullamcorper vestibulum turpis. Pellentesque cursus luctus
mauris.
\end{hangingpar}
\begin{hangingparII}{3em}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut
purus elit, vestibu- lum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae,
felis. Curabitur dictum gravida mauris. Nam dui ligula,
fringilla a, euismod sodales, sollicitudin vel, wisi.
\[
\sin^2(x) + \cos^2(x) = 1
\]
Morbi auctor lorem non justo. Nam lacus libero, pretium at,
lobortis vitae, ultricies et, tellus. Donec aliquet, tortor sed
accumsan bibendum, erat ligula aliquet magna, vitae ornare odio
metus a mi. Morbi ac orci et nisl hendrerit mollis.
Suspendisse ut massa. Cras nec ante. Pellentesque a nulla. Cum
sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes,
nascetur ridiculus mus. Aliquam tincidunt urna. Nulla
ullamcorper vestibulum turpis. Pellentesque cursus luctus
mauris.
\end{hangingparII}
\end{document}
Best Answer
You may use
addmarginenvironment of either a KOMA-Script class or the KOMA-Script packagescrextend. Here an example with a standard class and packagescrextend:Results in: