Numbering nested lists with non latin characters

[fair hamlet]

Hi All.

Has anyone succeeded to number nested lists with non latin characters ?

#set enum(numbering: "1.α)")

• first item
  • first subitem
  • second subitem
• second item

Thank you.

[austere anchor]

?r

#set enum(numbering: "1.α)", full: true)
+ first item
    + first subitem 
    + second subitem
+ second item 

[austere anchor]

full: true makes a difference here. Now this might not be exactly the desired result

[austere anchor]

I think it works as it is. Either use full: true or full: false

[pseudo frost]

damn is there seriously no way to remove the apostrophe (without a custom func #set enum(numbering: (..ns) => numbering(sym.alpha, ..ns).slice(0, -2)))

[fair hamlet]

Thank you but there is a problem : if you try with some other non latin scripts like bengali, the result is strange !
?r
#set enum(numbering: "1. অ)", full: true)

• one
  • a
  • b
• two

[fair hamlet]

No , there is a difference for some scripts.

[timber crag]

?r You need to use a code block to trigger the rendering.

#set enum(numbering: "1. অ)", full: true)
+ one
    + a 
    + b 
+ two

[timber crag]

Huh. Typst Renderer bot lacks support for those characters.

[austere anchor]

I don't see that character mentioned in numbering documentation. Are you sure it is supported as a counting symbol? Docs say this

Counting symbols are 1, a, A, i, I, α, Α, 一, 壹, あ, い, ア, イ, א, 가, ㄱ, *, ١, ۱, १, ১, ক, ①, and ⓵. They are replaced by the number in the sequence, preserving the original case.

https://typst.app/docs/reference/model/numbering/

If it's not in the list, then it's unfortunately not supported. The package numberingx supports a few more scripts and numbering systems

Wikipedia says that ক is a bengali symbol, so that would be the only hope(?) The result with অ is indeed consistent with it just being treated as a constant string, not a numbering symbol

[fair hamlet]

Thank you so much. I thought any supported alphabet could be used for counting like the ones you mentionned !

[fair hamlet]

Is there a way to define custom labels for items (say from a list or by their unicode # for example) ?

[austere anchor]

Do you have an example? I'm not sure what it means

[fair hamlet]

I want to use counting symbols that are not supported by the numbering function for example :
#let mylist [ا,ب,ج,د,ه,و,ز]
Is there a way to do something like
#set enum(numbering: mylist)

[austere anchor]

sure, numbering can be a function and the function receives an index or an array of indexes like 1 or (1, 1). So you just need a function to translate the number to the symbol

?r

#let nn = ("ا","ب","ج","د","ه","و","ز")
#set enum(numbering: i => nn.at(i - 1))   // XX need to handle wraparound
+ first
+ second
+ third

[austere anchor]

oh

see, it works if you just supply a function to do it

[fair hamlet]

I get this message : expected string, found integer
(Just after the parenthesis in nn.at(...) )

[austere anchor]

then you have the same problem that I had first

need () for an array ([] is for a markup block)

as you can see the code above works (after edits)

[fair hamlet]

Thank you !
Is there a way to automate this for second level lists ?

[austere anchor]

I don't know, maybe with some smart function writing

[fair hamlet]

Okay, another question please : how to increase space (indentation) before items in a list ?

[austere anchor]

It's this parameter https://typst.app/docs/reference/model/enum/#parameters-body-indent

[fair hamlet]

Thank you !
A last question ☺️ : how to add a closing parenthesis or a dot to each custom label ?

[austere anchor]

I think you can add it in the numbering function, like just + ")"

[fair hamlet]

Thank you so much !
With your help, I've just finished my first typst document 🙂