From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thomas S. Dye" Subject: Re: ordered list items start with letters? Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:54:45 -1000 Message-ID: <7242E3FE-2FBE-4A89-BEEF-0AACA176C29E@tsdye.com> References: <871vfd6nzd.fsf@columbia.edu> <877hp4suiz.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> <87bpegjxrt.fsf@columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ntktx-0006nb-Jq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:54:53 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49413 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ntktw-0006mz-FX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:54:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ntktu-0007hK-Uo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:54:52 -0400 Received: from outbound-mail-360.bluehost.com ([66.147.249.254]:53308) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ntktu-0007hC-N5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:54:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87bpegjxrt.fsf@columbia.edu> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Xiao-Yong Jin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mar 22, 2010, at 3:23 AM, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: > On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:08:36 +0100, David Maus wrote: > >> Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: >>> Hi, is it possible to use a single letter to start an >>> ordered list item? Such as > >>> a) first >>> b) second? > >> No, not yet. Although sometimes I would like have single letter >> lists. > >> The question would be: What to do when we reach z)? > > Simply print out a message saying we have reached maximum > number of items possible? I guess usually we don't need to > count to 'z' for such kind of lists. > -- > J c/* __o/* > X <\ * (__ > Y */\ < > > Aloha all, Here is an error message raised with a 27 item list in LaTeX: ERROR: LaTeX Error: Counter too large. --- TeX said --- See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H for immediate help. ... l.31 \item ? --- HELP --- 1. Some object that is numbered with letters, probably an item in a enumerated list, has received a number greater than 26. Either you're making a very long list or you've been resetting counter values. 2. Footnotes are being ``numbered'' with letters or footnote symbols and LaTeX has run out of letters or symbols. This is probably caused by too many \thanks commands. All the best, Tom