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vito
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How to change formatting of {description} environment

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How can I change the formatting of description environment?

In particular, I want labels before each item to be decorated with quotes. Please, help.
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vito
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How to change formatting of {description} environment

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I think I found it:

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\renewcommand*\descriptionlabel[1]{``#1''}
Am I right?
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localghost
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How to change formatting of {description} environment

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The enumitem package would make customization much easier.


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Thorsten
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