[OS X TeX] enumeration

[Nestor Aguilera]

Hi Zbigniew,

In amsclass.pdf (in terminal put "texdoc amsclass"), page 34, it says that you could redefine "\labelenumi" if you want a period after the number.

Hope it helps.

Best,

Nestor

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> On 19 Aug 2020, at 16:34, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. <Zbigniew.Nitecki at tufts.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion.  The first version works;  when I put \usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem} in the preamble, I get the error message
> /usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/enumitem/enumitem.sty:1426: LaTeX 
> Error: Command \setlist already defined.
>                Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.
> 
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>  ...                                              
>                                                   
> l.1426 ...ar{\enit at setlist\@ne}{\enit at setlist\z@}}
>                                                   
> But this is no issue for me;  I can certainly use the first solution.
> 
> But I was hoping for a way to override the parentheses format, which I think is created by the amsarticle documentstyle, for all enumerations of lists with a single 
> command (or setting a parameter) in the preamble.
> 
> In any case, I have a workaround if necessary.  Thanks again.
> 
> Zbigniew Nitecki
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> 
>> On Aug 19, 2020, at 15:07, Roussanka Loukanova <rl.stpuu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Zbigniew,
>> My suggestions are:
>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 6:36 PM Nitecki, Zbigniew H. <Zbigniew.Nitecki at tufts.edu> wrote:
>> I apologize for this, which is really an amstex or latex question.  I recall once seeing an answer (somewhere) and can’t find it now.
>> 
>> In the amsarticle document style as presently constituted, when you start a list with 
>> \begin{enumerate}
>> \item…
>> the numer of the (first) item gets printed as "(1)";  it used to print as “1.”.  
>> The former, “(1)”, drives me crazy.  The latter, “1.”,  is what all the “tutorials” online assume happens.
>> 
>> I think I once saw a way to change this back by putting an option into the 
>> document style, or perhaps via some other universal command, but can’t find it now.  
>> 
>> I tried a local command, that is, beginning my environment with
>> \begin{enumerate}[label=\arabic*.]
>> 
>> (1) Try with the style:
>> \usepackage{enumerate}
>> and then for a list:
>> 
>> \begin{enumerate}[1.]
>> \item ...
>> \end{enumerate}
>> 
>> (2) In addition, your attempt for
>> \begin{enumerate}[label=\arabic*.]
>>  should work with:
>> \usepackage{enumitem}
>> 
>> (3) You can get the enumeration mode "1." with {enumitem} by adding the option:
>> 
>> \usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}
>> 
>> and then in the list:
>> \begin{enumerate}[1.]
>>  
>> But I do not know whether \documentclass{amsart} is OK together with the styles:
>> enumerate.sty and  enumitem.sty
>> 
>> I've been using the three ways (1)-(3) quite a lot with several \documentclass, but not with {amsart}.
>> Let us know, whether the above works with {amsart}. There may be even better ways, which other people can suggest.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Roussanka
>> 
>> and got the error message
>> ./135F20HW1.tex:73: Missing number, treated as zero.
>> <to be read again> 
>>                    \c@* 
>> l.73 \begin{enumerate}[label=\arabic*.]
>> 
>> So how do I restore the old way with a single universal command in the preamble, so I don’t have to change things every time I use the enumerate environment?
>> 
>> Z
>> 
>> 
>> Zbigniew Nitecki
>> Department of Mathematics
>> Tufts University
>> Medford, MA 02155
>> 
>> telephones:
>> Office    (617)627-3843
>> Dept.    (617)627-3234
>> Dept. fax    (617)627-3966
>> http://www.tufts.edu/~znitecki/
>> 
>> 
>> 
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