I am using this snippet to make list with default document line interval and it also indents only first line.
% Compact list
\newenvironment{compactlist}{
\begin{list}{{$\bullet$}}{
\setlength{\partopsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\parsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\topsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\itemindent}{\leftmargin}
\setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
}
}{
\end{list}
}
But it indents text to default indentation level. How can I set up two horizontal spaces: between left margin and bullet (1.25cm), and between bullet and text (0.63cm)?
update:
\usepackage{indentfirst}
%\setlength{\parindent}{1.25cm} %uncomment to break indentation
Looks like I need first to make lists respect indentadion level which was set for \parindent.
\documentclass[oneside,draft,14pt]{extreport}
\usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english, russian]{babel}
\usepackage{vmargin}
\setpapersize{A4}
\fussy
\usepackage{setspace}
\onehalfspacing
\usepackage{indentfirst}
%\setlength{\parindent}{1.25cm} %uncomment to break indentation
% List with default line intervals
\newenvironment{compactlist}{
\begin{list}{{$\bullet$}}{
\setlength{\partopsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
\setlength{\parsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\topsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\itemindent}{\leftmargin}
\setlength{\leftmargin}{0pt}
}
}{
\end{list}
}
\begin{document}
In 1778, John Parke Custis purchased an 1,100-acre (450 ha) tract of
forested land on the Potomac River north of the town of Alexandria,
Virginia.
\begin{compactlist}
\item This land became the Arlington Estate. John Custis died in
September 1781, and in 1799 his son, George Washington Parke Custis
("G.W.P.") step-grandson of George Washingto inherited the site. G.W.P
Custis and his wife, Mary, moved onto the estate, and between 1802 and
1814 they constructed Arlington House;
\item The Custises extensively developed the site.
\end{compactlist}
Much of the steep slope to the east of the house
became a cultivated English landscape park, while a large flower
garden with an arbor was constructed and planted south of the house.
\end{document}
enumitem
– Marco Daniel May 17 '12 at 14:33