- This should be the first item of a numerical list
- followed by this
- and finally this
- This should be first in an alphabetical list
- followed by this
- and finally this
- This should be first in a Roman Numeral list
- followed by this
- and finally this
- This is a bullet point
- and so is this
- I think I've made my point
Use [ * ] without spaces to start each list item - but to get a numbered list, you have to put your starting number after the = in the tag, i.e. list=1, list=a, list=i, list=A; without a starting point, you get bullets instead. You also get bullets if the character you enter isn't recognised as the START of a sequence, so you can't start with 2 or b.
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