Drawing a vertical line next to an indented section

[Andrew]

Hello, all. I'm a beginner user of LaTeX. I'd like to know how to
indent a section (of text and equations) and have a vertical line
along the left margin of that section. I made a crude example in
Paint: <Loading Image...>.

I want readers to get the feel that certain sections are digressions
from the main topic, so that when I come out of the indented-vertical-
lined section, readers think, "now getting back to the main topic..."
Any suggestions other than the vertical line would be welcome as well.

Thanks in advance!

[Dan]

Post by Andrew
Hello, all. I'm a beginner user of LaTeX. I'd like to know how to
indent a section (of text and equations) and have a vertical line
along the left margin of that section. I made a crude example in
Paint: <http://www.thecheong.com/example.png>.
I want readers to get the feel that certain sections are digressions
from the main topic, so that when I come out of the indented-vertical-
lined section, readers think, "now getting back to the main topic..."

The framed package can do this.


Dan

[Andrew]

Post by Dan

Post by Andrew
Hello, all. I'm a beginner user of LaTeX. I'd like to know how to
indent a section (of text and equations) and have a vertical line
along the left margin of that section. I made a crude example in
Paint: <http://www.thecheong.com/example.png>.
I want readers to get the feel that certain sections are digressions
from the main topic, so that when I come out of the indented-vertical-
lined section, readers think, "now getting back to the main topic..."

The framed package can do this.
Dan

Thanks! As a future reference for others:

\usepackage{framed}
...
\begin{leftbar}
...
\end{leftbar}

Edit framed.sty to change the width of the bar. (Or perhaps there is
a passable parameter that I haven't found out how to use.)

[Stephan Boettcher]

Post by Andrew
Hello, all. I'm a beginner user of LaTeX. I'd like to know how to
indent a section (of text and equations) and have a vertical line
along the left margin of that section.

That can be done with lineno.sty as well, with a different set of
restrictions than framed.sty.

Stephan

[Scott Pakin]

Post by Andrew
Hello, all. I'm a beginner user of LaTeX. I'd like to know how to
indent a section (of text and equations) and have a vertical line
along the left margin of that section. I made a crude example in
Paint: <http://www.thecheong.com/example.png>.

Maybe some of the change-bar packages listed in the UK TeX FAQ will help:

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=changebars

-- Scott