I came across an odd behavior while using org-mode to create some web pages where list numbers get reset if you insert anchor tags.  Consider the following example document:

* This is the first header line
 
  1. This is line number 1
  2. This is line number 2
  3. This is line number 3
#<<Anchor1>>
  1. This should be line number 4, but is reset by the anchor tag
  2. This should be line number 5.

* This is the second header line
 
  1. This is line number 1
  2. This is line number 2
  3. This is line number 3
#+BEGIN_HTML
<a name='anchor2'>
#+END_HTML
  1. This stays line number 4
  2. This stays line number 5

The numbers associated with the list items are the numbers created as new items are added automatically with ALT-ENTER.  After the #<<Anchor1>> entry and the #+END_HTML, doing the Alt-Enter starts the list number back at 1.  However, when this is exported to HTML, something else occurs.  In the case of the #<<Anchor1>> entry, the HTML also restarts the list number, whereas with the #+BEGIN_HTML it does not.  The generated HTML looks like the below.  Notice in the first section the <ol> tag is closed and the anchor is wrapped with paragraph tags, then <ol> reopens, so there is a space as well as re-starting number, but in the second case the anchor tag is inline.  Further down is the actual generated HTML text.

Shouldn't #<<anchor>> tags be treated in the same way as BEGIN_HTML/END_HTML?


Table of Contents

1 This is the first header line

  1. This is line number 1
  2. This is line number 2
  3. This is line number 3

  1. This should be line number 4, but is reset by the anchor tag
  2. This should be line number 5.

2 This is the second header line

  1. This is line number 1
  2. This is line number 2
  3. This is line number 3
  4. This stays line number 4
  5. This stays line number 5





<div id="outline-container-1" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-1"><span class="section-number-2">1</span> This is the first header line </h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-1">


<ol>
<li>
This is line number 1

</li>
<li>
This is line number 2

</li>
<li>
This is line number 3
</li>
</ol>

<p><a name="Anchor1" id="Anchor1"></a>
</p><ol>
<li>
This should be line number 4, but is reset by the anchor tag

</li>
<li>
This should be line number 5.

<ol>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
</div>

</div>

<div id="outline-container-2" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-2"><span class="section-number-2">2</span> This is the second header line </h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-2">


<ol>
<li>
This is line number 1

</li>
<li>
This is line number 2

</li>
<li>
This is line number 3
<a name='anchor2'>
</li>
<li>
This stays line number 4

</li>
<li>
This stays line number 5
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>