Skipping item numbers in an itemized list?
Hello, The effect I want is something like: 1. First item 2. Second item 5. Fifth item 6. Sixth item 8. Eight item and so on. Every now and then I need to skip a number or two. In LaTeX I could do this with \addtocounter{enumi}{2} - but how is this done in ConTeXt? Thanks very much, Alasdair
Am 27.04.2011 um 15:53 schrieb Alasdair McAndrew:
Hello,
The effect I want is something like:
1. First item 2. Second item 5. Fifth item 6. Sixth item 8. Eight item
and so on. Every now and then I need to skip a number or two. In LaTeX I could do this with \addtocounter{enumi}{2} - but how is this done in ConTeXt?
\starttext \startitemize \sym{1.} First item \sym{2.} Second item \sym{5.} Fifth item \sym{6.} Sixth item \sym{8.} Eight item \stopitemize \stoptext Wolfgang
Am Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:19:45 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Am 27.04.2011 um 15:53 schrieb Alasdair McAndrew:
Hello,
The effect I want is something like:
1. First item 2. Second item 5. Fifth item 6. Sixth item 8. Eight item
and so on. Every now and then I need to skip a number or two. In LaTeX I could do this with \addtocounter{enumi}{2} - but how is this done in ConTeXt?
\starttext
\startitemize \sym{1.} First item \sym{2.} Second item \sym{5.} Fifth item \sym{6.} Sixth item \sym{8.} Eight item \stopitemize
\stoptext
You can't be serious ;-). Do you really think one should enter all numbers manually only because someone wants to skip e.g. the number "13"? There must be a counter around and a way to advance it.
From the code I think this should be used:
\starttext \startitemize[n] \item here we list the points, \item one after the other. \doadvanceitem \item blub \stopitemize \stoptext -- Ulrike Fischer
Am 27.04.2011 um 16:39 schrieb Ulrike Fischer:
Am Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:19:45 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Am 27.04.2011 um 15:53 schrieb Alasdair McAndrew:
Hello,
The effect I want is something like:
1. First item 2. Second item 5. Fifth item 6. Sixth item 8. Eight item
and so on. Every now and then I need to skip a number or two. In LaTeX I could do this with \addtocounter{enumi}{2} - but how is this done in ConTeXt?
\starttext
\startitemize \sym{1.} First item \sym{2.} Second item \sym{5.} Fifth item \sym{6.} Sixth item \sym{8.} Eight item \stopitemize
\stoptext
You can't be serious ;-). Do you really think one should enter all numbers manually only because someone wants to skip e.g. the number "13"? There must be a counter around and a way to advance it.
From the code I think this should be used:
\starttext
\startitemize[n] \item here we list the points, \item one after the other. \doadvanceitem \item blub \stopitemize \stoptext
What about the following? \starttext \startitemize[n] \item one \noitem \item three \stopitemize \stoptext Andreas
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
Am Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:19:45 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Am 27.04.2011 um 15:53 schrieb Alasdair McAndrew:
Hello,
The effect I want is something like:
1. First item 2. Second item 5. Fifth item 6. Sixth item 8. Eight item
and so on. Every now and then I need to skip a number or two. In LaTeX I could do this with \addtocounter{enumi}{2} - but how is this done in ConTeXt?
\starttext
\startitemize \sym{1.} First item \sym{2.} Second item \sym{5.} Fifth item \sym{6.} Sixth item \sym{8.} Eight item \stopitemize
\stoptext
You can't be serious ;-). Do you really think one should enter all numbers manually only because someone wants to skip e.g. the number "13"?
You can't be serious ;) Do you really think that one should manually increment a counter. What's next: using {\bfa Some title} for section titles? More seriously, if there is a logic behind such a counter, then you can use: \defineconversion[fancy][1,2,5,6,8] % or a TeX or Lua command that generates the count \startitemize[fancy] ....
There must be a counter around and a way to advance it.
If you insist, \setstructurecounter[\currentitemgroupcounter]{5} There is no interface to increment the counter by arbitrary amount, but you can define your own interface to structures.counters.add: \unprotected \def\addtostructurecounter [#1]#2{\ctxlua{structures.counters.add ("\@@thestructurecounter{#1}",1,#2)}} and then use \addtostructurecounter[\currentitemgroupcounter]{2} Aditya
Am Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:21:31 -0400 (EDT) schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
and so on. Every now and then I need to skip a number or two. In LaTeX I could do this with \addtocounter{enumi}{2} - but how is this done in ConTeXt?
\starttext
\startitemize \sym{1.} First item \sym{2.} Second item \sym{5.} Fifth item \sym{6.} Sixth item \sym{8.} Eight item \stopitemize
\stoptext
You can't be serious ;-). Do you really think one should enter all numbers manually only because someone wants to skip e.g. the number "13"?
You can't be serious ;) Do you really think that one should manually increment a counter. What's next: using {\bfa Some title} for section titles?
More seriously, if there is a logic behind such a counter,
Well I have long stopped to wonder why people sometimes needs "holes" in a numbered list. It sometimes happens. Perhaps the OP want to make a list of name of occupants of houses where some numbers haven't yet been assigned.
then you can use:
\defineconversion[fancy][1,2,5,6,8]
This is ok if the complete list is not too long and when you know which numbers the "holes" should have, but I would suspect that Alasdair want to be able to increment somewhere the actual counter by 1 or 2 without having to check the actual number first.
There is no interface to increment the counter by arbitrary amount, but you can define your own interface to structures.counters.add:
\unprotected \def\addtostructurecounter [#1]#2{\ctxlua{structures.counters.add ("\@@thestructurecounter{#1}",1,#2)}}
and then use
\addtostructurecounter[\currentitemgroupcounter]{2}
I would say that's what Alasdair wants. -- Ulrike Fischer
Thanks all, for your answers and discussion to my query. For the record,
I'm writing up answers to a long list of questions, some of which don't need
a written answer (just asking the reader to observe something). A quick
check has verified than \noitem does exactly what I want.
Thanks again,
Alasdair
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:33 AM, Ulrike Fischer
Am Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:21:31 -0400 (EDT) schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
and so on. Every now and then I need to skip a number or two. In LaTeX I could do this with \addtocounter{enumi}{2} - but how is this done in ConTeXt?
\starttext
\startitemize \sym{1.} First item \sym{2.} Second item \sym{5.} Fifth item \sym{6.} Sixth item \sym{8.} Eight item \stopitemize
\stoptext
You can't be serious ;-). Do you really think one should enter all numbers manually only because someone wants to skip e.g. the number "13"?
You can't be serious ;) Do you really think that one should manually increment a counter. What's next: using {\bfa Some title} for section titles?'
More seriously, if there is a logic behind such a counter,
Well I have long stopped to wonder why people sometimes needs "holes" in a numbered list. It sometimes happens. Perhaps the OP want to make a list of name of occupants of houses where some numbers haven't yet been assigned.
then you can use:
\defineconversion[fancy][1,2,5,6,8]
This is ok if the complete list is not too long and when you know which numbers the "holes" should have, but I would suspect that Alasdair want to be able to increment somewhere the actual counter by 1 or 2 without having to check the actual number first.
There is no interface to increment the counter by arbitrary amount, but you can define your own interface to structures.counters.add:
\unprotected \def\addtostructurecounter [#1]#2{\ctxlua{structures.counters.add ("\@@thestructurecounter{#1}",1,#2)}}
and then use
\addtostructurecounter[\currentitemgroupcounter]{2}
I would say that's what Alasdair wants.
-- Ulrike Fischer
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Hi Alasdair, Is this what you want? \starttext \startitemize[n] \dorecurse{4}{\item text} \stopitemize \input knuth.tex \startitemize[n,continue] \dorecurse{4}{\item text} \stopitemize \startitemize[n][start=17] \dorecurse{4}{\item text} \stopitemize \stoptext I have this from an answer by Wolfgang S. Best regards: OK On 27 avr. 2011, at 15:53, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
Hello,
The effect I want is something like:
1. First item 2. Second item 5. Fifth item 6. Sixth item 8. Eight item
and so on. Every now and then I need to skip a number or two. In LaTeX I could do this with \addtocounter{enumi}{2} - but how is this done in ConTeXt?
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Aditya Mahajan -
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Wolfgang Schuster