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`@enumerate': Making a Numbered or Lettered List
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  `@enumerate' is like `@itemize' (Note: `@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'.


  a. `@enumerate'

     Without an argument, produce a numbered list, starting with the
     number 1.

  b. `@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.

  c. `@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.

  d. `@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.