- From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>
- Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:02:09 -0400
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- CC: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
[resending from correct address. Thunderbird tries to outsmart me...] On 09/08/10 20:52, fantasai wrote: > > On 09/08/2010 05:33 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: >> >> On 09/08/10 19:51, fantasai wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> - I agree with Charles about having a 'prefix' parameter in >>> >>> addition to 'suffix'; that seems useful. Not so sure about >>> >>> the need for 'infix'. >> >> >> >> Infix would be useful with additive to do most language-based numberings. >> >> Think of an infix of " and ". > > > > I'm failing to come up with the example you're thinking of. > > > > If you want to *write out* numbers, it gets complicated fast. > > But that's not really something one uses for list numbering. Yes, that's what I was thinking about. I thought that's what language-based numbering refers to? At any rate, such numbering is useful to have for section / chapter numbering as well as page numbering, maybe not for lists. I know I've had to implement it in Persian LaTeX implementations more than once. behdad > > ~fantasai > >
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