Text Formatting ⇒ Make margins of description the same as margins of enumerate

[porton]

Please help to write suitable \renewenvironment to make the margins of `description` environment exactly the same as margins of `enumerate` environment.

I am about all: the left margin for the label, the space after the label, the indent of a new paragraph inside the list for `description`, to become exactly the same as the corresponding margins of `enumerate`.

I use `amsbook` class.

Please help.

[rais]

Please help to write suitable \renewenvironment to make the margins of `description` environment exactly the same as margins of `enumerate` environment.

isn't a {description} label wider than an item bullet or number? What's the point, then?
Have you considered using {itemize} instead of {description} (testwise, perhaps)?

The enumitem package may offer what you're looking for (so far, I only used it for adaptable {enumerate} lists; not sure what it does {description}-wise).

KR
Rainer

[porton]

Please help to write suitable \renewenvironment to make the margins of `description` environment exactly the same as margins of `enumerate` environment.

isn't a {description} label wider than an item bullet or number? What's the point, then?

Have you considered using {itemize} instead of {description} (testwise, perhaps)?

The enumitem package may offer what you're looking for (so far, I only used it for adaptable {enumerate} lists; not sure what it does {description}-wise).

KR
Rainer

I want it to work in the special case when the {description} label is thin.

{itemize} is not what I need.

[rais]

I want it to work in the special case when the {description} label is thin.

{itemize} is not what I need.

what, just because the label's not in bold face when using itemize?
\item[\textbf{...}] should do it inside {itemize}, then. Or perhaps

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\newcommand*\ditem[1][]{\item[\textbf{#1}]}

then you can use \ditem instead of \item.
I'm just saying using {itemize} may be easier than adapting the {description} environment.
For the latter, see `texdoc enumitem'.

KR
Rainer