Thanks I saw a workaround using restyled headings, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to do nested numbering easily, as heading doesn’t have a full attribute like enum does. And I also don’t see a way to indent a heading.
A complex system of counters might be the best solution. I’m working on adapting the solution offered by @Mc-Zen, but I’m not finding how to get an enum’s level.
Edit: It also seems like:
enums can’t be selected in queries
when trying to get its counter, enum is not locatable
there is no mechanism to get the ancestor of content
Something like this shouldn’t be this hard. Thinking back, I might have gone through this same ordeal a year ago, and then decided not to use Typst. I really hope that this is now possible and I’m just missing something, because otherwise Typst is so nice.
Edit 2: I tried a (very) hacky approach with position to see how indented it is.
#set enum(start: 0)
#let c = counter("numbered-list");
#c.update((0, 0))
#show enum: it => {
if it.start != 0 { return it }
let args = it.fields()
let items = args.remove("children")
context {
let index = if here().position().at("x") < 80pt {
0
} else {
1
}
enum(..args, start: c.get().at(index) + 1, ..items)
c.update((..args) => {
let counters = args.pos()
counters.at(index) += items.len()
for i in range(index + 1, counters.len()) {
counters.at(i) = 0
}
counters
})
}
}
This correctly tracks the numeration for arbitrary nesting, so long as I update the index calculation and fill the counter with enough 0s. However because even an indented + does not create a level 2 enum, there is no way to resume the nested counting anyways.
Make sure your title is a question you’d ask to a friend about Typst.
Unfortunately, the only way you can do this is by indenting your text further than the list’s markers. Otherwise, Typst will understand that you are breaking the list. You should write as follows:
1. First Question
1. First Part
First Part Answer // note the indentation
2. Second Part
Second Part Answer
Thanks for the feedback, I’ll keep that in mind for future posts.
Sadly I haven’t been able to replicate this result. When I indent the text past the nested lists’ marker (either a standard two-space, or the four spaces in your example), it appears at the same level of indentation as the question’s text.
That is to say, both:
1. First Question
1. First Part
First Part Answer
2. Second Part
Second Part Answer
and
1. First Question
1. First Part
First Part Answer
2. Second Part
Second Part Answer
(which was approximated with manual spacing, not viable for a document)
Edit: I might not have made it clear. While I like unindented answers in the source, my primary goal is for them to be unindented in the resulting pdf.
I came across a similar request some time ago, but only going one level of enumeration deep.
Maybe it helps and you can figure it out from there?
#show enum: it => context {
let max = it.children.len() + it.start
let w = measure(
numbering(it.numbering, max)
).width
set par(
hanging-indent: -it.body-indent - w
)
it
}
