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I want to use $\bullet$ for the item label. In most LaTeX classes I would use

\usepackage{enumitem}
\setitemize{label=$\bullet$}

However this won't work in beamerarticle since enumitem doesn't play nice with everything beamer-related (see for instance Trouble combining enumitem and beamer)

Here is an example that pdflatex will fail to compile (in TeXLive 2014).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{beamerarticle}
\setitemize{label=$\bullet$}
\begin{document}

\begin{description}
\item[first item] blabla
\item[second item] blabla
\end{description}

\end{document}

Note that I don't want to redefine the default description environment in article, only replace the "-" label used in the itemize environment with a $\bullet$.

I also tried 

\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\bullet$}

but it needs to be put it in every document. There is a conflict with the french option of babel. See for instance:

with test.cls containing

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} 
\ProvidesClass{test}
\LoadClass{article}

\RequirePackage[french]{babel}
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\bullet$}
\endinput

the following uses the regular "-" for item labels whereas it uses bullets if babel is not loaded with the french option.

\documentclass{test}
\title{Essai}
\begin{document}

\begin{itemize}
\item blabla
\item blabla
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

Any ideas?

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With the french module for babel, you need to do the change \AtBeginDocument:

\AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\bullet$}}

A complete example:

\documentclass{article}
\title{Essai}

\RequirePackage[french]{babel}
\AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\bullet$}}


\begin{document}

\begin{itemize}
\item blabla
\item blabla
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

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Your test.cls then will be

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} 
\ProvidesClass{test}
\LoadClass{article}

\RequirePackage[french]{babel}
\AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{$\bullet$}}
\endinput
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  • Thanks, I'm confused as to why you cannot do the \renewcommand after loading babel in the preamble, and instead you have to do it in the document itself. – wilk Mar 06 '15 at 17:35
  • @wilk You don't have to do it in the document. As I showed you can do it in the class file, but you need to do instruct TeX to postpone the \renewcommand after \begin{document} (not exactly after, but that's not relevant here); otherwise, it won't have any effect since the french module also redefines the labels \AtBeginDocument. – Gonzalo Medina Mar 06 '15 at 17:41
  • The way I see it using AtBeginDocument is roughly equivalent to putting the command after \begin{document}. And I was surprised that loading babel compels you to put this change to \labelitemi after \begin{document} (even through \AtBeginDocument) when you can otherwise put it before \begin{document}. It doesn't really matter in the end since I have a working solution, thanks to you. – wilk Mar 07 '15 at 00:09
  • @wilk I see. You can post, if you want, your solution as an answer (it could be helpful for other users). – Gonzalo Medina Mar 07 '15 at 00:16
  • The working solution is in fact your suggestion of using \AtBeginDocument – wilk Mar 07 '15 at 06:45