Without diving into how to set it up in org-mode, the paralist package for
LaTeX enables inline numbered lists, as in

%% In preamble
\usepackage{paralist}


%% In document
\begin{inparaenum}
   \item first element
  \item second element
\end{inparaenum}

As to how to organize this to be an option for org-mode without
incorporating above into the setup, I would also be interested.

Alan

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

>
> [ I started this earlier but I guess I didn't send it out. Suvayu has
>  replied in the meantime with a pointer to a better solution than this
>  one, but this might be of some minor interest to some people as well -
>  besides, I spent a whole 20 minutes on it, half of it trying to figure
>  out why my mail was not working :-( : why let that effort go to
>  waste?:-) ]
>
>
> Marius Hofert <marius.hofert@math.ethz.ch> wrote:
>
> > Dear Suvayu,
> >
> > thanks.
> > It would be good to know how latex export can be customized to achieve
> this.
> >
>
> Depends on how much customization you are willing to go through: there is
> an
> enumerate.sty package in LaTeX that can do that:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ...
> \usepackage{enumerate}
> ...
> \begin{enumerate}[(1)]
> \item foo
> \item bar
> \end{enumerate}
> ...
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>
> Inserting the \usepackage from the org file is no problem:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{enumerate}
> ...
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>
> Getting the argument to the enumerate environment in the right place is
> another matter. I think the only way is to redefine
> org-list-generic-to-latex
> like this (add this to your initialization file, .emacs or whatever, after
> you
> load org):
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (require 'org-list)
>
> (defun org-list-to-latex (list &optional params)
>  "Convert LIST into a LaTeX list.
> LIST is as returned by `org-list-parse-list'.  PARAMS is a property list
> with overruling parameters for `org-list-to-generic'."
>  (org-list-to-generic
>   list
>   (org-combine-plists
>    '(:splice nil :ostart "\\begin{enumerate}[(1)]\n" :oend
> "\\end{enumerate}"
>               :ustart "\\begin{itemize}\n" :uend "\\end{itemize}"
>               :dstart "\\begin{description}\n" :dend "\\end{description}"
>               :dtstart "[" :dtend "] "
>               :istart "\\item " :iend "\n"
>               :icount (let ((enum (nth depth '("i" "ii" "iii" "iv"))))
>                         (if enum
>                             ;; LaTeX increments counter just before
>                             ;; using it, so set it to the desired
>                             ;; value, minus one.
>                             (format "\\setcounter{enum%s}{%s}\n\\item "
>                                     enum (1- counter))
>                           "\\item "))
>               :csep "\n"
>               :cbon "\\texttt{[X]}" :cboff "\\texttt{[ ]}"
>               :cbtrans "$\\boxminus$")
>    params)))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The only change is the definition of :ostart. Not a very flexible method,
> but it will serve in a pinch. ngz et al. might have better ideas.
>
> I should say that there are other ways to customize enumeration labels
> in LaTeX - see e.g.
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=enumerate -
> but afaict they would all require some rewiring of the above function,
> similar
> to the above.
>
> Nick
>
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Marius
> >
> > On 2011-10-13, at 11:37 , suvayu ali wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Marius Hofert
> > > <marius.hofert@math.ethz.ch> wrote:
> > >> Dear all,
> > >>
> > >> In the manual, I found that numbered lists can be created with 1), 2),
> ... or 1., 2., ...
> > >> How can I get numbered lists like this: (1), (2),...?
> > >> I found org-list-demote-modify-bullet, but the help (and a google
> search) did not help me in finding a solution to this.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I don't think you can. But you can customise latex export (maybe even
> > > html export, but I don't know) to show lists like that in the exported
> > > file.
> > >
> > > I hope this helps.
> > >
> > >> Cheers,
> > >>
> > >> Marius
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Suvayu
> > >
> > > Open source is the future. It sets us free.
> >
> >
> >
>
>