Item1115: Numbered lists behave different for numbers and characters. Document as a restriction.
Priority: Low
Current State: Closed
Released In: 2.0.0
Target Release: major
numbered lists with characters are not working correctly
numbered list can be done like this:
1 bla bla
1 foo foo
1 bar bar
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- bla bla
- foo foo
- bar bar
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but also like this:
1 bla bla
2 foo foo
3 bar bar
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- bla bla
- foo foo
- bar bar
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somehow this is not possible for lists with characters
a bla bla
b foo foo
c bar bar
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a bla bla
b foo foo
c bar bar
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or
a. bla bla
b. foo foo
c. bar bar
first entry is reconed as a list, but not the following ones (b. is now valid here)
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- bla bla b. foo foo c. bar bar
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a bla bla
a foo foo
a bar bar
does not work, '.' is required
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a bla bla
a foo foo
a bar bar
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a. bla bla
a. foo foo
a. bar bar
however works
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- bla bla
- foo foo
- bar bar
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behaviour of numbered lists differ for numbers (1, 2, ..) and characters (a, b, ..).
This is confusing and should not be so ...
One problem with trying to support lettered lists without requiring the period is that single-letter words (most notably, "a" and "I") would cause another list item to be generated. For numbered lists, only "1." is shown in the official documentation. Unfortunately for consistency, I believe backwards compatibility issues will make it difficult to change the behaviour to conform strictly. --
IsaacLin - 21 Feb 2009
See also
Item13119 for same issue. Updating the documentation under this task, and marking
Item13119 as a duplicate.