Re: [O] How to get numbered lists (1), (2) , … ?

[Alan E. Davis]

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 <address@hidden> 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 <address@hidden> 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
> > <address@hidden> 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.
>
>
>