From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Young Subject: Re: starting value for ordered lists? Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 14:46:11 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56313) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzBGo-0004pw-8O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:46:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzBGm-0006Xf-OE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:46:14 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:59550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SzBGm-0006XR-HY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:46:12 -0400 Received: by weys10 with SMTP id s10so790636wey.0 for ; Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:46:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Matt Price Cc: Org Mode Hi Matt, You have to start the text of the item with [@13]. Try: 13. [@13] this is the 13th item Sincerely, Andrew On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Matt Price wrote: > Hi, > > in the org manual (http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html) i read that I > can start an ordered list at a particular number using an [@20] syntax: > > If you want a list to start with a different value (e.g. 20), start the text > of the item with [@20]4. Those constructs can be used in any item of the > list in order to enforce a particular numbering. > > I think I'm not understanding somehting though, as if I try this: > > [@13]. thirteenth item > > org doesn't seem to recognize the line as a list item. I'm running a pretty > recent org 7.8.11 from git. I'm sure I'm just reading the manual wrong -- > any hints? thanks > Matt > >