[Orgmode] Re: org-export-section-number-format, doc typo and question

[Bernt Hansen]

"Robert Klein" <address@hidden> writes:

> theres a type in org-exp.el: in the documentation to
> org-export-section-number-format, there's twice the counter type "a";
> the  second time it should be an "i", I think:
>
> From org-exp.el:
>
> 1. A list of lists, each indicating a counter type and a separator.
>    The counter type can be any of \"1\", \"A\", \"a\", \"I\", or \"a\".
>    It causes causes numeric, alphabetic, or roman counters, respectively.
>
>
> To my question, I can't seem to get this option to work I've got the
> following line in the file header:
>
>
> #+OPTIONS: section-number-format:(quote ((("I" ".")) . "."))
>
>
> Despite this I get sections numbered 1, 2, 3 etc.
>
> I'd be very grateful for a working example.

Hi Robert,

I think you need to set the variable instead

(setq org-export-section-number-format '((("I" ".")) . "."))

or via the customize interface.

HTH,
Bernt