ordered lists: type lower alpha?

[John MacFarlane]

+++ Klaus Mueller [Jul 23 13 18:40 ]:

> Hi folks,

> 

> atm we have in markdown [ordered lists] with the [type] 'arabic

> numbers' working:

> 

> 1. one

> 1. two

> 

> would it be possible to have also the type 'lower alpha'?

> 

> a. first

> a. second

> 

> The type attribute is deprecated, but it is allowed to supported it

> or just add an inline css (e.g. " style='list-style-type:

> lower-alpha;' ").


It's not standard markdown, but pandoc's extended markdown supports this:
http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/try/?text=a.+item%0Ab.+item%0A&from=markdown&to=html