General ⇒ Renew Environment with additional Parameters

[maxmax]

Hey all,

i want to extend the itemize environment to have a parameter for the symbols. Unfortunately the following does not work and i read that \renewenvironment cannot change the number of arguments.

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\let\itemizeOld=\itemize
\renewenvironment{itemize}[1][-]{\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{#1} \begin{itemizeOld}}{\end{itemizeOld}}

Is there any way other than use another environment-name?

Thanks in advance,
Max

[localghost]

Before you reinvent the wheel, just use the enumitem package.


Thorsten

[maxmax]

Thanks localghost,
i will give it a try!

Max