Item1115: numbered lists behave different for numbers and characters

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numbered lists with characters are not working correctly

numbered list can be done like this: 1 bla bla 1 foo foo 1 bar bar	bla bla foo foo bar bar
but also like this: 1 bla bla 2 foo foo 3 bar bar	bla bla foo foo bar bar
somehow this is not possible for lists with characters a bla bla b foo foo c bar bar	a bla bla b foo foo c bar bar
or a. bla bla b. foo foo c. bar bar first entry is reconed as a list, but not the following ones (b. is now valid here)	bla bla b. foo foo c. bar bar
a bla bla a foo foo a bar bar does not work, '.' is required	a bla bla a foo foo a bar bar
a. bla bla a. foo foo a. bar bar however works	bla bla foo foo bar bar

behaviour of numbered lists differ for numbers (1, 2, ..) and characters (a, b, ..). This is confusing and should not be so ...

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One problem with trying to support lettered lists without requiring the period is that single-letter words (most notably, "a" and "I") would cause another list item to be generated. For numbered lists, only "1." is shown in the official documentation. Unfortunately for consistency, I believe backwards compatibility issues will make it difficult to change the behaviour to conform strictly. -- IsaacLin - 21 Feb 2009