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Making an Itemized List
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The `@itemize' command produces sequences of indented paragraphs,
with a bullet or other mark inside the left margin at the beginning of
each paragraph for which such a mark is desired.
Begin an itemized list by writing `@itemize' at the beginning of a
line. Follow the command, on the same line, with a character or a
Texinfo command that generates a mark. Usually, you will write
`@bullet' after `@itemize', but you can use `@minus', or any character
or any special symbol that results in a single character in the Info
file. (When you write `@bullet' or `@minus' after an `@itemize'
command, you may omit the `{}'.)
Write the text of the indented paragraphs themselves after the
`@itemize', up to another line that says `@end itemize'.
Before each paragraph for which a mark in the margin is desired,
write a line that says just `@item'. Do not write any other text on
this line.
Usually, you should put a blank line before an `@item'. This puts a
blank line in the Info file. (TeX inserts the proper interline
whitespace in either case.) Except when the entries are very brief,
these blank lines make the list look better.
Here is an example of the use of `@itemize', followed by the output
it produces. Note that `@bullet' produces an `*' in Info and a round
dot in TeX.
@itemize @bullet
@item
Some text for foo.
@item
Some text
for bar.
@end itemize
This produces:
* Some text for foo.
* Some text for bar.
Itemized lists may be embedded within other itemized lists. Here is
a list marked with dashes embedded in a list marked with bullets:
@itemize @bullet
@item
First item.
@itemize @minus
@item
Inner item.
@item
Second inner item.
@end itemize
@item
Second outer item.
@end itemize
This produces:
* First item.
- Inner item.
- Second inner item.
* Second outer item.