Trouble with ordered list start number

Trouble with ordered list start number

[William Beard]

Hello,
I see in the manual
http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html
that with ordered lists, you can for example start one with the number
20 by starting the "text of the item with [@20]"
I assume this means I can just have a newline that looks like this

[@20] some text for this item

and hit M-Return after typing the text for the item, and have a `21. '
appear below it. But when I do, it gives me the top header (`*')
instead.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
Chris

(Org-mode version 7.4)

Re: Trouble with ordered list start number

[Bernt Hansen]

William Beard <wcbeard10@gmail.com> writes:

> I see in the manual
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html
> that with ordered lists, you can for example start one with the number
> 20 by starting the "text of the item with [@20]"
> I assume this means I can just have a newline that looks like this
>
> [@20] some text for this item
>
> and hit M-Return after typing the text for the item, and have a `21. '
> appear below it. But when I do, it gives me the top header (`*')
> instead.
> What am I doing wrong?

It needs to be a list.

  1. [@20] some text for this item

then M-RET turns it into this

  20. [@20] some text for this item
  21. <point here>

-- 
Bernt

Re: Trouble with ordered list start number

[William Beard]

Excellent, thank you.
Chris

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
> William Beard <wcbeard10@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I see in the manual
>> http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html
>> that with ordered lists, you can for example start one with the number
>> 20 by starting the "text of the item with [@20]"
>> I assume this means I can just have a newline that looks like this
>>
>> [@20] some text for this item
>>
>> and hit M-Return after typing the text for the item, and have a `21. '
>> appear below it. But when I do, it gives me the top header (`*')
>> instead.
>> What am I doing wrong?
>
> It needs to be a list.
>
>  1. [@20] some text for this item
>
> then M-RET turns it into this
>
>  20. [@20] some text for this item
>  21. <point here>
>
> --
> Bernt
>