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132.0. "Problem with Roman numeral lists" by ATLAST::NICODEM (Eschew obfuscation) Fri Mar 20 1987 17:21

    	I'm having a problem with the Roman numeral listing.  I can
    create a single-level list marked for Roman numerals by using
    the "<LIST>(ROMAN)" tag, and everything is OK.  However, if that
    list has a second-level list within it, something breaks.
    
    	Take the following example:
    
	<list>(roman)
	<le>This is the first list element
	<list>(alphabetic)
	<le>This is a list within a list
	<le>It is an alpha list within a roman numeral list
	<endlist>
	<le>This is the second list element
	<le>This is the third list element
	<endlist>
    
    	In this case, two things go wrong.  First, I get an error during
    tag translation that tells me that tag "<_ROMAN_UPPERCASE>" is
    undefined.  Then, when the file is processed and printed, the output
    shows the following:
    
	i  This is the first list element
	   a.  This is a list within a list
	   b.  It is an alpha list within a roman numeral list
       II  This is the second list element
      III  This is the third list element

    	(Note the change in case of the Roman numerals.)  I am *not*
    specifying uppercase...  the default, according to the manual, is
    lower case.  Why the error during processing?  And why the error
    in the resultant output?
    
    	Frank

    
    looks like a bug... will work on it
    
    patti
    

    
    I have found a work-around for this problem....
    
    If you enter a <endlist> and <list>(ROMAN\startnumber) AFTER
    the "nested" list, your output will be fine;  in uppercase 
    as well as in lower-case!
    
    Example:
    
    <LIST>(ROMAN)
    <LE>First item
    <LE>Second item
    <LIST>(ALPHABETIC)
    <LE>first alphabetic item
    <LE>second alphabetic item
    <ENDLIST>
    <ENDLIST>
    <LIST>(ROMAN\3)
    <LE>third roman item
    <LE>fourth roman item.
    <ENDLIST>
    
    I hope this will help you to solve your problem for the time being.
    
    Regards,
    
    Katja Schmidtpott.