[OS X TeX] weird indentation

[Charilaos Skiadas]

For what it's worth, in my system I don't see any indentation when I  
compile what you've attached. I've appended my log file. Perhaps I  
have older versions of some packages, and that can help you narrow it  
down a bit.

Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College

On Feb 24, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> I have not been able to figure out what is going on with the  
> following code (TeXShop 2.14 under 10.4.11):	
> 	
> 	\documentclass[11pt]{book}
> 	\usepackage{paralist}
>
> 	\usepackage{lmodern}	  		
> 	\usepackage{fink}
> 		
> 			           \setdefaultleftmargin{5mm}{6mm}{7mm}{8mm}{}{}
> 		        			% controls indents on compactitem
>
> 		\begin{document}
> 			\begin{compactitem}
> 			\setlength{\itemsep}{0mm}
> 				\item
> 					A
> 				\item
> 					B
> 			\end{compactitem}
> 		\end{document}
>
> As is, item A will be more indented than item B. Comment out  
> lmodern or fink (or the default margin) and item A will be flush  
> with item B.
>
> Obviously no big deal but it' s starting to get on my nerves.
>
> Hopeful regards
> --schremmer
>


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LaTeX Font Info:    Font shape `OMS/lmr/m/n' in size <10.95> not  
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(Font)              Font shape `OMS/lmsy/m/n' tried instead on input  
line 14.
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