jochterski@eagle.wesleyan.edu (01/29/91)
Hi..
Here's an easy one (but I can't get it...)
I want the enumerate in LaTeX to make item numbers like:
a.
b.
c.
instead of with numbers. The manual suggests that I might accomplish this using
\renewcommand. So I tried:
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{\alph{enumi}}
but got blanks instead of item numbers. I tired some other not-so-elegant stuff
to, but to no avail. How can I get LaTeX to do this?
(I am using OzTeX 1.3 if that matters)
Thanks..graham@cs.man.ac.uk (Graham Gough) (01/29/91)
> Here's an easy one (but I can't get it...) > > I want the enumerate in LaTeX to make item numbers like: > > a. > b. > c. > I use the following little style file to create the alphaenum environment % % alphaenum.sty % % List environment that uses lowercase alpha counter % \newcounter{alphaenum@count} \newenvironment{alphaenum}% {\begin{list}% {\alph{alphaenum@count})}% {\usecounter{alphaenum@count}\def\p@alphaenum@count{\expandafter\@alph}}}% {\end{list}} Graham ---------------------------------------------------------------- Graham D. Gough, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K. Tel: (+44) 61 275 6277 FAX: (+44) 61 275 6280 Internet: graham@cs.man.ac.uk JANET: graham@uk.ac.man.cs USENET: ..mcvax!ukc!man.cs!graham ----------------------------------------------------------------
jochterski@eagle.wesleyan.edu (01/29/91)
In article <1991Jan28.150917.38148@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, jochterski@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: > I want the enumerate in LaTeX to make item numbers like: > > a. > b. > c. > > instead of with numbers. The manual suggests that I might accomplish this using > \renewcommand. So I tried: > > \renewcommand{\labelitemi}{\alph{enumi}} > > but got blanks instead of item numbers. I tired some other not-so-elegant stuff > to, but to no avail. How can I get LaTeX to do this? I figured it out. I should have put \renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\alph{enumi}} \begin{enumerate} \item .. \end{enumerate} Thanks to everyone who replied.
spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (01/30/91)
In article <1991Jan28.150917.38148@eagle.wesleyan.edu> jochterski@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: > > I want the enumerate in LaTeX to make item numbers like: > > > > a. > > b. > > c. > > \renewcommand{\labelitemi}{\alph{enumi}} If we look in book.sty, we see \def\labelenumi{\theenumi.} \def\theenumi{\arabic{enumi}} .. \def\labelitemi{$\bullet$} which suggests to me that fiddling with labelitemi is not the right approach as it affects itemize not enumerate. it should be more like \renewcommand{\theenumi}{\alph{enumi}} s -- Sebastian Rahtz S.Rahtz@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET) Computer Science S.Rahtz@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bitnet) Southampton S09 5NH, UK S.Rahtz@sot-ecs.uucp (uucp)