Hangparas environment in LaTeX (hanging.sty)

Question

I'm trying to make a list of references for a paper in APA format - incidentally, the same one I talk about in a couple of other posts. I know this can be done with BibTeX somehow, but I'm not quite there yet At any rate, I don't have a huge list.
The problem is, although I've tried to make use of the hangparas environment in hanging.sty (e.g. \begin{hangparas}{.5in}{1} ... \end{hangparas} instead of \hangpara{.5in}{1} for each separate paragraph), only the first paragraph is indented properly, upon compiling; the rest are flush left.
Instead of posting my entire paper, I made a separate file with just the reference page to demonstrate this:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{hanging}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{url}
\hyphenpenalty=10000
%% Define a new 'leo' style for the package that will use a smaller font.
\makeatletter
\def\url@leostyle{%
\@ifundefined{selectfont}{\def\UrlFont{\sf}}{\def\UrlFont{\small\ttfamily}}}
\makeatother
%% Now actually use the newly defined style.
\urlstyle{leo}
\begin{document}\setlength{\RaggedRightParindent}{.5in}\RaggedRight\doublespacing
\begin{center}References\end{center}
\begin{hangparas}{.5in}{1}
Affect. (2008). In \textit{Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary}. Retrieved November 24, 2008, from \url{http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affect}
American Psychiatric Association. (2000). \textit{Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders} (Revised 4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Cutter Psy.D., D., Jaffe Ph.D., J, \& Segal Ph.D., J. (2008, February 26). \textit{Self-injury: Types, causes and treatment}. Helpguide. Retrieved October 10, 2008, from \url{http://www.helpguide.org/mental/self_injury.htm}
Dingfelder, S. F. (2004). Treatment for the `untreatable' [Electronic version]. \textit{Monitor on Psychology}, \textit{35}(3), 46.
Kersting, K. (2004). Axis II gets short shrift [Electronic version]. \textit{Monitor on Psychology}, \textit{35}(3), 50.
Kreisman M.D., J., \& Straus, H. (2004). \textit{Sometimes I act crazy: What we know and what you can do about BPD}. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley \& Sons, Inc.
Morrison M.D., J. (1995). \textit{DSM-IV made easy: The clinician's guide to diagnosis}. New York: Guilford Press.
\end{hangparas}
\end{document}
The document typesets like this:
http://ifile.it/ald27gj (pdf)
and the documentation for hanging.sty is here (also pdf).
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance: I'm learning a lot.
Harry
P.S. Note that when I use \hangpara{.5in}{1} exclusively, it works as expected; but it doesn't seem as convenient as the other method, assuming it would work.
Last edited by cautha (2008-12-02 06:58:55)

Answer 1

Don't worry about it I thought that I might have to bump the thread artificially, just to get a response, so I'm happy that I didn't have to do that.
Maybe you can help me out after all: I made a post on apa.cls a while back, but nobody seemed to know the answer.
The code for the title page looked something like this:
\documentclass[man,12pt,nobf]{apa}
\title{Borderline Personality Disorder: Key Features and Their Impact on the Social \& Emotional Well-Being of Patients and Others}
\author{Harry Bellemare}
\rightheader{Impact of Borderline Personality Disorder}
\shorttitle{Borderline Personality Disorder}
\affiliation{(Course code) \\ Instructor: Name \\ \today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}
The problem was, I needed it to look as close to this file as possible. At that point, I was even just thinking in terms of the title page. I forget exactly how it typesets with apa.cls, but I believe the running head is in the wrong spot, as well as some other small issues.
This is what I ended up doing for the title page (with the preamble):
\documentclass[letterpaper,12pt]{report}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{hanging}
\usepackage{url}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyhead[R]{Borderline Personality Disorder\hspace{1em}\thepage}
\fancyfoot{}
\hyphenpenalty=10000
%% Define a new 'leo' style for the url package that will use a smaller font.
\makeatletter
\def\url@leostyle{%
\@ifundefined{selectfont}{\def\UrlFont{\sf}}{\def\UrlFont{\small\ttfamily}}}
\makeatother
%% Now actually use the newly defined style.
\urlstyle{leo}
\begin{document}
Running head: \MakeUppercase{impact of borderline personality disorder}
\vspace*{\fill}
\doublespacing
\begin{center}
Borderline Personality Disorder: Key Features and Their Impact on the Social \& Emotional Well-Being of Patients and Others\\
Harry Bellemare\\
(Course code)\\
Instructor: Name\\
\today\\
\end{center}
\vspace*{\fill}
\end{document}
Obviously, apa.cls would make things much easier for me, if only I could figure out how to make it work the way I wanted it to. Certainly, there's a lot less code involved
I've just reuploaded the results I got from my original attempt at using apa.cls: http://ifile.it/t7d3aqm
I appreciate all of the help!
Harry