Re: =item 1. Error

On 12-04-26 12:08 PM, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Shawn H Corey<[email protected]>  writes:
>> On 12-04-26 11:57 AM, Russ Allbery wrote:
>
>>> 1. If the =item tags are numeric, ignore the value of the numbers and just
>>>      renumber them.  This is similar to what other markup languages do, but
>>>      it has the significant problem of making it a bit more annoying to
>>>      document, say, a list of exit status returns, where several numbers are
>>>      skipped.
>
>> =over
>
>> =item Z<>42
>
>> The answer to the Ultimate Question.
>
>> =back
>
> Which is why I said "a bit more annoying" rather than "impossible."
> However, I still think it's not in the spirit of POD to require that ugly
> hack.
>

The problem is that =item is trying to do three things: unordered lists 
<ul>, ordered lists <ol>, and definition lists <dl>. In order to sort 
things out correctly, you need an escape mechanism.


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