Question

Two questions:

1. Does LaTeX allow one to (re)define commands within a \newenvironment? I’ve tried using \renewcommand, \newcommand and \def in the before declaration but to no avail.

2. How would one redefine \item when creating a new list environment?

I’ve created a new type of list environment from scratch using \newenvironment while using another token instead of \item for each but I’d really like to keep things consistent by using \list and redefining \item.

Answer 1

Sure; it’s hard to know what went wrong without seeing your code. As an answer to your two questions, see if this helps:

\documentclass{article} \begin{document} \newenvironment{myitemize}{%   \begin{list}{}{}% whatever you want the list to be   \let\olditem\item   \renewcommand\item{\olditem ITEM: } }{%   \end{list} }   \begin{myitemize} \item one \item two \end{myitemize} \end{document}