Add [nosep] option to the list command and ability to include a table of contents in the news class.

classes/custom_classes/news.cls

@@ -72,3 +72,42 @@
 }{
     \end{multicols}
 }
+
+% CONTENTS: --------------------------------------------------------------------
+\newrobustcmd{\tocdepth}[1]{%
+    \IfStrEq{#1}{h}{\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}}
+        {\IfStrEq{#1}{hh}{\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}}
+            {\IfStrEq{#1}{hhh}{\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}}}%
+                {\IfStrEq{#1}{hhhh}{\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}}{\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}}}}%
+}
+
+\renewcommand{\usecompacttoc}{
+    \titlecontents{section}[0em]{}{%
+        \small\bfseries\thecontentslabel.\hspace*{0.5em}}{\bfseries}{%
+        \titlerule*[0.5pc]{.}\contentspage%
+    }
+    \titlecontents{subsection}[0em]{%
+        \small\hspace*{0.8em}}{\thecontentslabel.\hspace*{0.5em}}{}{%
+        \titlerule*[0.5pc]{.}\contentspage%
+    }
+    \titlecontents{subsubsection}[0em]{%
+        \small\hspace*{1.6em}}{\thecontentslabel.\hspace*{0.5em}}{}{%
+        \titlerule*[0.5pc]{.}\contentspage%
+    }
+    \titlecontents{paragraph}[0em]{%
+        \small\hspace*{2.4em}}{\thecontentslabel.\hspace*{0.5em}}{}{%
+        \titlerule*[0.5pc]{.}\contentspage%
+    }
+}
+
+\@ifundefined{chapter}{}{
+    \makeatletter%
+        \renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
+            \usecompacttoc
+            \section*{\contentsname}%
+            \@starttoc{toc}%
+            \protect\thispagestyle{front}%
+            }
+    \makeatother%
+}
+

classes/custom_classes/news_example.tex

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 
 \begin{document}
 
+ % Include a table of contents. Adjust the depth of the headings included in the table of contents 
+ % with the \tocdepth{<option>} command, where <option> is the heading level to include in the contents.
+ % For example, \tocdepth{hhh} sets the table of contents to include all headings down to the \hhh level.
+ % The default is \tocdepth{hh}. 
+ \toc 
+
 \h{Have You Heard The Latest Good News?}
 \by{Name Lastname}{[email protected]}{example-image-a}
 

lix.sty

@@ -555,13 +555,13 @@
     \setlist[numbers,1]{leftmargin=8mm}
     \setlist[numbers]{leftmargin=*,label*=\arabic*.,labelindent=0mm}
 
-    \NewDocumentCommand{\items}{s+m}{%
+    \NewDocumentCommand{\items}{s+mO{}}{%
         \IfBooleanTF{#1}{%
-            \begin{bullets}%
+            \begin{bullets}[#3]%
                 #2
             \end{bullets}%
         }{%
-            \begin{numbers}%
+            \begin{numbers}[#3]%
                 #2
             \end{numbers}%
         }

readme.md

@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ Add lists to your document. It is possible to nest lists.
         \item Something else
         \item The final thing.
     }
-}
+}[nosep]
 ```
-`items{...}` will be numbered, and `items*{...}` will be bullet points.
+`items{...}` will be numbered, and `items*{...}` will be bullet points. The optional `[nosep]` option will remove the line spacing between the items. 
 
 </details>