Simplelists

Use HTML-like commands to create itemize and enumerate lists in LaTeX.

Open itemize list environments with \ul and close them with \Ul:

\ul 
\li First item
\li Second item
\Ul

There are also combined commands \uli and \Uli to open/close a list and display the first/last item:

\uli First item
\li Second item
\Uli Third item

The empty line at the end is required.

For an enumeratelist, use \ol etc.:

\oli First item
\Oli Second item

The above example would look like this:

1. First item
2. Second item

For more examples, have a look at simplelists-example.tex and the resulting pdf.

Usage

Copy simplelists.sty into the folder of your LaTeX document and add

\usepackage{simplelists)

(In)Compatibilities with other packages

It seems to work with the enumitem package: optional arguments to \ul are passed to enumitem.

Issues

Probably many. Use at your own risk! I take no responsibility if it eats your dissertation (it probably won't though).