Johannes Knaus wrote: > After some days of playing around I still haven't found a solution to > the problem. Indeed it seems a very tricky business. > > It seems that \leftmargin is completely ignored:
There are two things to be considered here: 1. leftmargin is differentiated per indendation level (\leftmargini, \leftmarginii, etc.) 2. \leftmargin needs to be set before the list starts. Try something like: \renewenvironment{example}{% \setlength\leftmargini{3.05em} \begin{examples}% \settowidth{\labelwidth}{(0.00)}% \item} {\end{examples}} HTH, Jürgen