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From: Robert Horn <rjhorn@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [RFC] The "c" Org macro
Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 12:30:09 -0400
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Eric S Fraga writes:

> On Monday,  8 May 2017 at 11:26, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to scratch a long-standing itch and introduce the "c"
>> macro, which is basically a way to handle multiple counters in an Org
>> document. So, the following document
>
> This sounds like a very useful macro to have.  Some suggestions:
>
> 1. I would prefer the argument to be called "COUNTER" instead of "SEED"
> as the latter is more commonly associated with random number
> generators.  This would make the documentation clearer potentially.
Yes.  I was confused by this initially.
>
> 2. I wonder if a second argument could be optionally available to allow
> the counter to start at an arbitrary number and/or be reset?
>
'm frequently preparing documents that update something with lists.
Being able to start at a specific value makes that much more useful.

R Horn