[Tugindia] why is tex so complicated?

[Sudarshan Iyengar]

Hello radhakrishnan,

Well sounds really interesting...:-)


 I am new to latex and am yet to explore the comforts hidden.

My problem is just this...

I would like to have something like

a)    Karnataka

b)    Tamil nadu

c)    Andhra pradesh

d)    Kerala

I dont' want to type a,b,c,d i need autonumbering... how do i go about????


----- Original Message -----
From: "CV Radhakrishnan" <cvr at river-valley.org>
To: "TUGIndia Mailing List" <tugindia at tug.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Tugindia] why is tex so complicated?


>
> On Sat, July 2, 2005 4:49 pm, Sudarshan Iyengar said:
> > I wonder why tex is so complicated.
>
> Because TeX takes charge when other systems fail.
>
> > Starting from its installion until its
>
> I don't know how you installed TeX.  It took only a few minutes for me to
> insert a TeXLive CD, invoke a shell script to install TeX unto my
> harddisk.  If your OS is Linux, then it is already installed.
>
> > functioning its way far from a novice computer user.
>
> TeX, like any other markup language (SGML, XML, MathML, groff, ...) is
> difficult even for a vetern user if you dont know TeX. If you know, it is
> a breeze even for a novice user.
>
> > I have been wondering how to create autonumbering in tex, i never could
> > succeed. I tried reading some book and seaching for some help online.
But
> > could not get an answer for my question.
>
> Usually in LaTeX all counters are automatic including its cross reference.
>  I don't really understand when you say autonumbering.  Is it section
> heading numbering or equation numbering or theorem numbering or paragraph
> numbering or line numbering or enumerated list item numbering, ...?
>
> --
> Radhakrishnan
>
>
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