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Say you want to count like this in [[mediawiki]] (not starting at 1):
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<div style="color:white;">
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# <ol start=3><div style="color:black; position:relative; left:-50px;">
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# Three
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# Four
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# Five</div></ol></div>
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The internet tells you it's not possible natively and that you need an extension. Here's an ugly hack to do it anyway! (keeping the # rather than going full [[HTML]]).
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<pre><nowiki>
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<div style="color:white;">
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# <ol start=3><div style="color:black; position:relative; left:-50px;">
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# Three
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# Four
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# Five</div></ol></div>
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</nowiki></pre>
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It's ugly and could break your document! Use with care under desperate circumstances! Here's an example with the <tt>multicol</tt> [[template]]:
  
 
{{multicol}}
 
{{multicol}}
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# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_UbQdddIg Wronskians]
 
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_UbQdddIg Wronskians]
 
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKtNA_P_-ho Jacobians]
 
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKtNA_P_-ho Jacobians]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7k17Ct5FeM The Equations of Physics]
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# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7k17Ct5FeM The Equations of Physics]</div></ol></div>
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{{multicol-end}}
</div>
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which gives me a nicely-ordered, neatly-displayed list of my [[Mathematics]]'s [[The_Wolverhampton_Lectures_of_Physics/Mathematics|Wolverhampton lectures of Physics]]. [[Fourier Series]] are covered in Lecture 17!
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Here's a template of how to get this:
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<pre>
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<nowiki>
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{{multicol}}
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# item 1
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# item 2
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{{multicol-break}}
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<div style="color:white;">
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# <ol start=3><div style="color:black; position:relative; left:-50px;">
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# item 3
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# item 4</div></ol></div>
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{{multicol-end}}
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</nowiki>
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</pre>
  
 
{{wl-publish: 2021-01-25 10:10:13 +0000 | Fabrice }}
 
{{wl-publish: 2021-01-25 10:10:13 +0000 | Fabrice }}

Latest revision as of 15:52, 30 March 2021

Say you want to count like this in mediawiki (not starting at 1):

    1. Three
    2. Four
    3. Five

The internet tells you it's not possible natively and that you need an extension. Here's an ugly hack to do it anyway! (keeping the # rather than going full HTML).

<div style="color:white;">
# <ol start=3><div style="color:black; position:relative; left:-50px;">
# Three
# Four
# Five</div></ol></div>

It's ugly and could break your document! Use with care under desperate circumstances! Here's an example with the multicol template:

which gives me a nicely-ordered, neatly-displayed list of my Mathematics's Wolverhampton lectures of Physics. Fourier Series are covered in Lecture 17!

Here's a template of how to get this:


{{multicol}}
# item 1
# item 2
{{multicol-break}}
<div style="color:white;">
# <ol start=3><div style="color:black; position:relative; left:-50px;">
# item 3
# item 4</div></ol></div>
{{multicol-end}}