Text Formatting ⇒ Indent in new float

[Scorpio X]

Hi!

I've been ripping my hair of trying to solve my problem, so I really hope that someone has any idea of how to solve it:

I've defined a new float and want to do a indentation (or similar) within it.

\usepackage{float}
\newfloat{algfloat}{h}{ext}[chapter]
\begin{document}
\begin{algfloat}
Not Indented text.\\
\indent Indented text.\\
\hspace{1 pt} Indented text.\\
\end{algfloat}
\end{document}

The problem is that there is no indentation anywhere in the pdf!
(The "\\" are needed for creating a new line)

Does any one have an idea of a solution? I've been googeling it for hours! And I haven't found any alternative way of doing something similar.


EDIT: Finally solved!
Problem was that parindent is, for some reason, set to "0" only within my custom float. So the solution is:
\setlength{\parindent}{10pt}, togheter with \noindent for avoiding a indent on the first row.

Hope this will help someone else!

I must say I regret choosing Latex instead of Word for writing my Master Thesis. It has taken me about 8 hours to solve this problem. I Word I've would have done it in less than 5min.

[gmedina]

...I must say I regret choosing Latex instead of Word for writing my Master Thesis. It has taken me about 8 hours to solve this problem. I Word I've would have done it in less than 5min.

Eventhough the LaTeX has a steep learning curve, the final results justify the initial efforts.

[localghost]

LaTeX demands a change of thinking. Finally it's a typesetting system and not a simple word processor. And it will always yield better results than any word processor could ever manage.

[…] I must say I regret choosing Latex instead of Word for writing my Master Thesis. It has taken me about 8 hours to solve this problem. I Word I've would have done it in less than 5min.

If you think that you could manage a larger document without any major problems, stay with Word. I know from problems with this program that are not correctable and make it unusable.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹