Btukfyl

This is a follow-up to How to insert a non-stretching but line-breaking thin space?, but in reference to an inline list. The MWE below attempts to use each of the solutions mentioned there, but the best I can using:

sloppyRaggedRight

%ttfamily

is shown in the image below. Ultimately, I want to use ttfamily in this list (but that is another problem entirely and should probably be a separate question), thus the use of normalfont in:

setlist[MyList*]{..., itemjoin={normalfont,BreakableSpace{,}}, ...}

Notes:

• I attempted to use the solutions in What is the meaning of fussy, sloppy, emergencystretch, tolerance, hbadness?, but was not able to get them to work either.


• It seems that I have asked a similar question a long time ago Why is text being placed beyond the specified line width?, but here I am using sloppy and RaggedRight but that still is not sufficient.

Question:

What options do I have to force the text to stay within the specified area?

Slightly Better Results:

It seems that if I move the sloppyRaggedRight to be before I call TypesetMyList as in:

{sloppyRaggedRightTypesetMyList{Title}{MyList*}}

the results are better but still has some additional leading space at the beginning of lines:

References

• 
  How to insert a non-stretching but line-breaking thin space?.


• What is the meaning of fussy, sloppy, emergencystretch, tolerance, hbadness?

Code:

documentclass{article}

usepackage[inline]{enumitem}

usepackage{ragged2e}

usepackage{xcolor}

usepackage{microtype}



usepackage[showframe, paperwidth=5cm]{geometry}



newlist{MyList*}{enumerate*}{1}

setlist[MyList*]{label={}, itemsep=0pt, itemjoin={normalfont,BreakableSpace{,}}, after={.}}





%% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/78914/

%%         how-to-insert-a-non-stretching-but-line-breaking-thin-space



newcommand*{addthinspace}{hskip0.16667emrelax}% lockstep



newcommandbigspace{kern 0.1em}% <-- Changed amount here as I don't want large space

newcommandbreakingspaceJfbuA{allowbreakbigspaceallowbreak}% jfbu's 1st solution

newcommandbreakingspaceJfbuB{allowbreakbigspace}%            jfbu's 2nd solution



newcommand{breakingspaceEgregA}[1]{#1hspace{0pt}}%      egreg's 1st solution

newcommand{breakingspaceEgregB}[1]{{letkernhskip#1}}% egreg's 2nd solution

newcommand{badbreakingspace}[1]{penalty 0 #1}%          egreg's 3rd solution





%% Select which breakable space we want to try. First uncommented one here gets used:

providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{addthinspace}



providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{breakingspaceJfbuA}

providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{breakingspaceJfbuB}



providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{breakingspaceEgregA{#1}}

providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{breakingspaceEgregB{#1}}

providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{badbreakingspace{#1}}





newcommand*{TypesetMyList}[2]{%

smallskip%

parnoindent{bfseries#1:}~%

begingroup

    sloppyRaggedRight

    %ttfamily

    begin{#2}

        item First Item

        item Second item in list

        item Third item

        item Fourth item in list

        item Fifth item

        item Sixth item in list

        item Seventh item

        item Eighth item in list

    end{#2}%

endgroupsmallskippar%

}%



begin{document}

Some text before the start of the list.

TypesetMyList{Title}{MyList*}

Some text after the end of the list.

end{document}

You're forgetting to set afterlabel that, by default, is ~ (non breaking space).

documentclass{article}

usepackage[inline]{enumitem}

usepackage{ragged2e}

usepackage{xcolor}

usepackage{microtype}



usepackage[showframe, paperwidth=5cm]{geometry}



newlist{MyList*}{enumerate*}{1}

setlist[MyList*]{

  label={},

  itemsep=0pt,

  itemjoin={normalfont,},

  afterlabel={hspace{0.16667em}},

  after={.}

}



begin{document}

Some text before the start of the list.



noindenttextbf{Title:}~%

begingroupsloppyRaggedRight

begin{MyList*}

  ttfamily

  item First Item

  item Second item in list

  item Third item

  item Fourth item in list

  item Fifth item

  item Sixth item in list

  item Seventh item

  item Eighth item in list

end{MyList*}

parendgroup



end{document}

You can also use before to set up other features. If you add csname @@parendcsname to after, RaggedRight and sloppy will be honored. If you want to change the font for the items, but preserve normal font commas, use textnormal{,}.

documentclass{article}

usepackage[inline]{enumitem}

usepackage{ragged2e}

usepackage{xcolor}

usepackage{microtype}



usepackage[showframe, paperwidth=5cm]{geometry}



newlist{MyList*}{enumerate*}{1}

setlist[MyList*]{

  label={},

  itemsep=0pt,

  itemjoin={textnormal{,}},

  afterlabel={hspace{0.16667em}},

  after={.csname @@parendcsname},

  before={sloppyRaggedRightttfamily},

}



begin{document}

Some text before the start of the list.



noindenttextbf{Title:}~%

begin{MyList*}

  item First Item

  item Second item in list

  item Third item

  item Fourth item in list

  item Fifth item

  item Sixth item in list

  item Seventh item

  item Eighth item in list

end{MyList*}



end{document}

raggedright handles the list, although the text before is ~2pt over

documentclass{article}

usepackage[inline]{enumitem}

usepackage{ragged2e}

usepackage{xcolor}

usepackage{microtype}



usepackage[showframe, paperwidth=5cm]{geometry}



newlist{MyList*}{enumerate*}{1}

setlist[MyList*]{label={}, itemsep=0pt, itemjoin={normalfont,BreakableSpace{,}}, after={.}}





%% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/78914/

%%         how-to-insert-a-non-stretching-but-line-breaking-thin-space



newcommand*{addthinspace}{hskip0.16667emrelax}% lockstep



newcommandbigspace{kern 0.1em}% <-- Changed amount here as I don't want large space

newcommandbreakingspaceJfbuA{allowbreakbigspaceallowbreak}% jfbu's 1st solution

newcommandbreakingspaceJfbuB{allowbreakbigspace}%            jfbu's 2nd solution



newcommand{breakingspaceEgregA}[1]{#1hspace{0pt}}%      egreg's 1st solution

newcommand{breakingspaceEgregB}[1]{{letkernhskip#1}}% egreg's 2nd solution

newcommand{badbreakingspace}[1]{penalty 0 #1}%          egreg's 3rd solution





%% Select which breakable space we want to try. First uncommented one here gets used:

providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{addthinspace}



providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{breakingspaceJfbuA}

providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{breakingspaceJfbuB}



providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{breakingspaceEgregA{#1}}

providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{breakingspaceEgregB{#1}}

providecommand*{BreakableSpace}[1]{badbreakingspace{#1}}





newcommand*{TypesetMyList}[2]{%

smallskip%

parnoindent{bfseries#1:}~%

begingroup

    raggedright

    %ttfamily

    begin{#2}

        item First Item

        item Second item in list

        item Third item

        item Fourth item in list

        item Fifth item

        item Sixth item in list

        item Seventh item

        item Eighth item in list

    end{#2}%

parendgroupsmallskippar%

}%



begin{document}

Some text before the start of the list.

TypesetMyList{Title}{MyList*}

Some text after the end of the list.

end{document}