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Label is long textlab2 blalballalaapossible second rulelabel3 hello world
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Label is long textlab2 blalballalaapossible second rulelabel3 hello world
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\documentclass{article}\newenvironment{mydescription}[1]{\begin{list}{}%{\renewcommand\makelabel[1]{##1:\hfill}%\settowidth\labelwidth{\makelabel{#1}}%\setlength\leftmargin{\labelwidth}\addtolength\leftmargin{\labelsep}}}{\end{list}}\begin{document}\begin{mydescription}{longest label}\item[label1] text text text.\item[longest label] text text text.\item[lab2] text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text texttext text text text text text text text text text text text text text.\end{mydescription}\end{document}
The enumitem package should be preferred as mentioned in the CTAN entry of mdwlist.Stefan_K wrote:[…] I guess it's easier with the mdwlist package. […]
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