Have org-mode continue a numbered list rather than restarting

Question

Any way to have org-mode continue a numbered list rather than restarting?

Here is the situation. You make a list like:

Sometimes you can restart the display by doing something like this:

1. Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to open up a terminal.
2. Enter the following two commands:

#+BEGIN_SRC bash

export DISPLAY=:0.0

cinnamon --replace

#+END_SRC

\3. Then hit Ctrl-Alt-F8 to go back to the window manager.

Both the markdown editor and org-mode want the #3 to be #1, restarting the list after the code block.

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Answer 1

You can tell org-mode what the label of each item should be, so you can make the next list start with the number following the last one from the previous list. The org-mode manual for version 8.2.5h says (with boldness added by me):

Ordered list items start with a numeral followed by either a period or a right parenthesis, such as ‘1.’ or ‘1)’. If you want a list to start with a different value (e.g., 20), start the text of the item with [@20]. Those constructs can be used in any item of the list in order to enforce a particular numbering.

Using this, you can indent the text between the two lists any way you like, but there is no automatic updating of the numbering when the previous list changes.

Example:

Here comes a multi-part list.  1. Item the first. 2. Item the second.  Here is some intermediate text.  3. [@3] Item the third. 4. Item the fourth. 

Answer 2

Try indenting the #+BEGIN_SRC block, so it "looks" like it's a child of item number 2 instead of a top-level item. Does doing that fix your problem?

Like this:

 1. Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to open up a terminal.  2. Enter the following two commands:      #+BEGIN_SRC bash          export DISPLAY=:0.0          cinnamon --replace      #+END_SRC   3. Then hit Ctrl-Alt-F8 to go back to the window manager