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From: David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
To: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ordered list items start with letters?
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:29:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wrx4qc48.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7242E3FE-2FBE-4A89-BEEF-0AACA176C29E@tsdye.com>


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Thomas S. Dye wrote:

>On Mar 22, 2010, at 3:23 AM, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote:

>> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:08:36 +0100, David Maus wrote:
>>
>>> Xiao-Yong Jin wrote:
>>>> Hi, is it possible to use a single letter to start an
>>>> ordered list item?  Such as
>>
>>>> a) first
>>>> b) second?
>>
>>> No, not yet.  Although sometimes I would like have single letter
>>> lists.
>>
>>> The question would be:  What to do when we reach z)?
>>
>> Simply print out a message saying we have reached maximum
>> number of items possible?  I guess usually we don't need to
>> count to 'z' for such kind of lists.
>> --

>Aloha all,

>Here is an error message raised with a 27 item list in LaTeX:

Okay, so at least when it comes to LaTeX 26 items are the limit.  I
have the feeling to remember that there was something with letters as
numbered lists that made me skip the idea, but can't remember :|

I'l see if it will work out and if no one else sees a problem provide
a patch.

 -- David

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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-22  3:20 ordered list items start with letters? Xiao-Yong Jin
2010-03-22  7:08 ` David Maus
2010-03-22 13:23   ` Xiao-Yong Jin
2010-03-22 16:54     ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-03-22 21:29       ` David Maus [this message]

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