Making a Numbered or Lettered List

@enumerate is like @itemize except that the marks in the left margin contain successive integers or letters. (See section Making an Itemized List.)

Write the @enumerate command at the beginning of a line. The command does not require an argument, but accepts either a number or a letter as an option. Without an argument, @enumerate starts the list with the number 1. With a numeric argument, such as 3, the command starts the list with that number. With an upper or lower case letter, such as a or A, the command starts the list with that letter.

Write the text of the enumerated list in the same way you write an itemized list: put @item on a line of its own before the start of each paragraph that you want enumerated. Do not write any other text on the line beginning with @item.

You should put a blank line between entries in the list. This generally makes it easier to read the Info file.

Here is an example of @enumerate without an argument:

@enumerate
@item
Underlying causes.

@item
Proximate causes.
@end enumerate

This produces:

1. Underlying causes.
2. Proximate causes.

Here is an example with an argument of 3:

@enumerate 3
@item
Predisposing causes.

@item
Precipitating causes.

@item
Perpetuating causes.
@end enumerate

This produces:

1. Predisposing causes.
2. Precipitating causes.
3. Perpetuating causes.

Here is a brief summary of the alternatives. The summary is constructed using @enumerate with an argument of a.

1. @enumerate Without an argument, produce a numbered list, starting with the number 1.
2. @enumerate positive-integer With a (positive) numeric argument, start a numbered list with that number. You can use this to continue a list that you interrupted with other text.
3. @enumerate upper-case-letter With an upper case letter as argument, start a list in which each item is marked by a letter, beginning with that upper case letter.
4. @enumerate lower-case-letter With a lower case letter as argument, start a list in which each item is marked by a letter, beginning with that lower case letter.

You can also nest enumerated lists, as in an outline.

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