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I have an environment with a minipageof the length \linewidth-\parindent (using the calc package). When I stick this in a place where \leftskip=\parindent it protrudes in the margin. Shouldn't \linewidth adapt to these new dimensions and keep the minipage inside the margin?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{calc}

\newenvironment{env}
    {\hfill\begin{minipage}{\linewidth-\parindent}\bf}
    {\end{minipage}}

\begin{document}

\tiny

\blindtext

\begin{env}
\blindtext
\end{env}

\blindtext

\setlength{\leftskip}{\parindent}

\blindtext

\begin{env}
\blindtext
\end{env}

\end{document}

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EDIT: With the hints from David I found what I needed from this question (is this a duplicate?):

\newenvironment{env}
    {\list{}{}\item\relax
    \nointerlineskip\leavevmode}
    {\endlist}

This indents the margin via list (like LaTeXs quote) and \nointerlineskip\leavevmode fixes problems with missing items.

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Andreas
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  • Have you considered using the changepage package? It will surely do what you want to achieve. Tell me if you want me to post a MWE or if you want to give it a try first then that's fine as well. By the way, try using \bfseries instead of \bf. Just a suggestion. – azetina Jun 06 '14 at 17:24
  • When I use changepage and adjustwidth I get 'maybe a missing \item' error messages with line references to what seems to be all \label commands. – Andreas Jun 06 '14 at 20:03

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If you set a TeX primitive register such as \leftskip then nothing is recalculated not \linewidth or \leftmargin or \@totaleftmargin that is why LaTeX has a list structure and a list environment to set all these parameters to consistent value.

If you want an indented region, do not set \leftskip use quote or a similarly defined environment.

Never set \leftskip directly in latex you will break almost all its display constructs (not just your own definitions).

David Carlisle
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Though probably different from what the OP is asking, the following is just a suggestion using the changepage package to achieve the indented paragraphs. Hope it helps. A little bit more insight as to the usage of the environment would help to provide a more suitable solution. Referencing is possible.

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\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{changepage}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-1]
\begin{adjustwidth*}{0.25\linewidth}{}
\lipsum[1-1]
\begin{equation}
    E=mc^2 \label{eq1}
\end{equation}
    \begin{enumerate}
        \item one \label{item1}
    \end{enumerate}
\end{adjustwidth*}
Reference Equation~\ref{eq1}. Reference Item~\ref{item1}.

\lipsum[1-1]
\end{document}
azetina
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