Re: Nested numbered lists

Hi,

Thank you Mark and Jeff for your help.

I'll add the necessary text to the list style options as you suggest.

Regards,
Paul.

Mark Summerfield wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 13:01:09 +0000
> Paul Zarucki<[email protected]>  wrote:
>    
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply. I must also apologise for my multiple posts - I
>> had some problems in signing up to the mailing list (obviously a real
>> newbie)!
>>
>> I was actually trying to produce a list with the following numbering
>> format:
>>
>> 1. Item one
>>     1.1  sub-item one
>>     1.2  sub-item two
>>          1.2.1  sub-sub-item one
>>          1.2.2  sub-sub-item two
>>          ...
>>
>> whereas Lout's default numbered list format produces this
>>
>> 1 Item one
>>     1  sub-item one
>>     2  sub-item two
>>          1  sub-sub-item one
>>          2  sub-sub-item two
>>          ...
>>
>> It is not a show stopper for me if Lout can't produce this format.
>> Since the Lout input files will be produced by software that I am
>> writing, my software could add the appropriate text to each list's
>> style option to achieve the required format (see my previous post).
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>      
> I find that lout can be persuaded to do most things. Here's how to do
> the nested lists you want:
>
>
> @SysInclude{doc}
> @Doc
> @Text @Begin
> @List style{num.} labelwidth{1.5f}
> @LI{Item 1
>      @List style{1.num} labelwidth{2f}
>      @LI{Sub item 1}
>      @LI{Sub item 2
>          @List style{1.2.num} labelwidth{2.75f}
>          @LI{Subsub item 1}
>          @LI{Subsub item 2}
>          @RawEndList
>      }
>      @RawEndList
> }
> @LI{Item 2}
> @EndList
> @End @Text
>
> If you wanted every item number to end with a dot just change the
> styles, e.g., style{1.num} ->  style{1.num.} etc.
>
> It is of course a pity that a nested list can't know the number of the
> item it occupies in its containing list (unless someone on the list
> knows better?), but it is perfectly doable.
>