Re: Lists

Hi,

Glad to be of help.

BTW you’re looking at section 3.7 of the User Guide in your screenshot. Try
looking in section 3.3 instead :-)

—Shay

On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 at 07:15, A-Imam Al-Sammak <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Shay
> Thank you for your support, it did work beautifully. I really appreciate
> your help.
>
> By the way, I could not find the section in all help files I have on my
> LyX :
> (See the Users Guide > sections *3.3.7.1 Custom Enumerate Lists* and *3.3.7.3
> List Spacing* )
>
> Best regards.
>
> A-Imam
>
> [image: image.png]
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM Shay Riggs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi A-Imam,
>>
>> If I understand your question correctly, I think you’re halfway there
>> with your example file by using the enumitem module/package.
>>
>> Use Enumerate (numbered list) rather than Itemize (bullet list) to let
>> LyX/LaTeX deal with automatic numbering.
>>
>> Then add the enumerate options to customize the first item in the list
>> (as you’ve done).
>>
>> (See the Users Guide > sections *3.3.7.1 Custom Enumerate Lists* and *3.3.7.3
>> List Spacing* for all the gory details.)
>>
>> Attached is an example file (LyX 2.4.4 on Windows) which might point you
>> in the right direction.
>>
>> Also, just for information, in your file the display equation in the
>> second item is in its own paragraph, which will mess up your numbering; you
>> should join the display equation with the text above by removing the return
>> between them.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Shay
>>
>> On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 at 16:34, A-Imam Al-Sammak <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all
>>> I need to generate lists with alphabetical listing but with separation
>>> between them. I have the attached example which was imported from Latex,
>>> but I don't understand how it works and I need a direct / native method in
>>> LyX. Can you help with this issue?
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>>
>>> A-Imam
>>>
>>> N.B. I am using LyX 2.4.4 on Windows 11
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