Support for lists

[iainbrighton]

Would be handy to support numbered or bullet list - with nesting/indenting,

[iainbrighton]

I envisage the implementation to be something like this:

## Create a single-level bullet list of items
List [-Items] [string[]]

## Create a single-level numbered list of items
List [-Items] [string[]] -Numbered

## Create a multi-level bullet list
List [-ScriptBlock] {
    Item 'apples'
    List {
        Item 'Granny smith'
        Item 'Pink lady'
    }
    Item 'bananas'
    Item 'oranges'
    List {
       Item 'Jaffa'
    }
}

## Create a multi-level numbered list
List -Numbered [-ScriptBlock] {
    Item 'apples' # 1
    List {
        Item 'Granny smith' # 1.1
        Item 'Pink lady' # 1.2
    }
    Item 'bananas' # 2
    Item 'oranges' # 3
    List {
        Item 'Jaffa' # 3.1
    }
}

Are there any other implementations or options that are needed?

[tpcarman]

An option for a custom format would be useful. I have a requirement in some of my documents to produce lists with a custom prefix and format.

e.g. XYZ-001, XYZ-002, XYZ-003

[iainbrighton]

@tpcarman I'm not aware of bulleted lists can have custom formats. Can you provide an example of what you're after?

[tpcarman]

Within Word it's considered a custom numbered list, not bullet list.

[iainbrighton]

@tpcarman Hmmm - I can't see how that could ever be implemented in Html and/or Markdown. Putting features in just for Word seems to be in conflict with the PScribo philosophy. I'll mull on it some more.

[tpcarman]

Don’t do it If it’s specifically for Word however if there is someway that you think of to make it work for all document formats then that would be fantastic.

[iainbrighton]

@tpcarman this functionality is now available in the dev branch for testing (including custom number formats!). I won't publish it until I have confirmation from a few sources that it's not "broken"!

[tpcarman]

I hate to stretch the friendship @iainbrighton, but do you think it would be possible to include lists within tables at some point in the future? I can't actually see how this could work for all formats however I thought I should at least ask the question. :wink: