Re: [O] Trouble with ordered list start number

[Bernt Hansen]

William Beard <address@hidden> writes:

> I see in the manual
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html
> that with ordered lists, you can for example start one with the number
> 20 by starting the "text of the item with address@hidden"
> I assume this means I can just have a newline that looks like this
>
> address@hidden some text for this item
>
> and hit M-Return after typing the text for the item, and have a `21. '
> appear below it. But when I do, it gives me the top header (`*')
> instead.
> What am I doing wrong?

It needs to be a list.

  1. address@hidden some text for this item

then M-RET turns it into this

  20. address@hidden some text for this item
  21. <point here>

-- 
Bernt