@enumerate: Making a Numbered or Lettered List

@enumerate is like @itemize (see @itemize), except that the labels on the items are successive integers or letters instead of bullets.

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:

3. Predisposing causes.
4. Precipitating causes.
5. 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.