Re: nroff output isn't aware of ordered list numeration type

Hi Emily,

I checked and the DocBook XSL stylesheet used on the backend of Asciidoc 
to render man pages does not support the numeration attribute on 
orderedlist elements (assuming Asciidoc outputs that attribute when it 
generates the intermediate DocBook file).  It's the numeration attribute 
that specifies the number format for such a list.  I'll file a bug 
report, but I can't say when it will get fixed.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
[email protected]

On 5/7/2019 3:16 PM, Emily Shaffer wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> I've run into an issue where we are seeing output from AsciiDoc->nroff
> producing the wrong type of numerated list. Specifically, when the
> AsciiDoc uses a lettered list like so:
>
> ```
> A submodule is considered active,
>
>    a. if `submodule.<name>.active` is set to `true`
> +
> or
>
>    b. if the submodule's path matches the pathspec in `submodule.active`
> +
> or
>
>    c. if `submodule.<name>.url` is set.
>
> and these are evaluated in this order.
> ```
> The formatted nroff, opened with `man`, looks like so:
>
> ```
>
>         A submodule is considered active,
>
>          1. if submodule.<name>.active is set to true
>
>             or
>
>          2. if the submodule’s path matches the pathspec in submodule.active
>
>             or
>
>          3. if submodule.<name>.url is set.
>
>         and these are evaluated in this order.
> ```
> (Bold excluded from above due to plaintext email mode)
>
> However, HTML generated from the same source AsciiDoc gives a lettered
> list as expected.
>
> You can see examples of the disparity in the document this bug is
> based on, by examining https://gitirc.eu/gitsubmodules.html or by
> running `man gitsubmodules` if your copy of Git is version 2.19.2 or
> newer.
>
> My version of asciidoc is 8.7.10; I'm not sure where I would find
> which schema version we're using elsewhere but I'm happy to look it
> up.
>
> Thank you!
> Emily Shaffer
>
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