[texhax] enumeration question

[Martin Wegmann]

On Tuesday 30 March 2004 05:41, William F. Adams wrote:
> On Monday, March 29, 2004, at 05:09  PM, Martin Wegmann wrote:
> > text ...... \cite{Potter:2003} computed net primary productivity (NPP)
> > by
> >
> > \begin{center}
> >
> > NPP = $S_r FPAR e_{max} T W$ \footnotesize{\citep{Potter:2003}}
> >
> > \end{center}
> >
> >  where
> >
> >  \begin{itemize}
> >  \item[ ]$S_r$ = solar radiance
> >  \item[ ]FPAR = fraction of absorption of photosynthetically active
> > radiation
> >  \item[ ]$e_{max}$ = constant light utilisation efficiency term
> >  \item[ ]T = temperature
> >  \item[ ]W = moisture \citep{Potter:2003}
> >  \end{itemize}
> >
> > I would like to have the "where" in the same line as the first item. I
> > tried
> > various ways like \begin{flushleft} etc. but that does not work either.
> >
> > any idea how to do this? thanks in advance cheers Martin
>
> Blank lines indicate the beginning of a new paragraph.
>
> Either use \noindent before where or do something like:
>
> \end{center}
> %
>   where
> %
>   \begin{itemize}
 
thanks for your reply, but I deleted or % all blank lines and used \noindent 
but both did not work to move "where" to the same line as the first 
\item[]$S_r$=solar radiance.

could it be that \begin{itemize} interferes with this approach and forces the 
first item in a separate line? 

cheers Martin