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Originally Posted by HarryT
What's the replacement for it, Peter? I'm really surprised that there's no way to implement numbered lists with numbers that you can choose yourself; it seems an extremely "retrograde" step to remove such a facility without providing a substitute.
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I think it will reappear in HTML5/XHTML5.
The sad truth is that automatic list numbering and counters are not integrated in CSS2. Supposedly, CSS3 will fix it with list-item counter name, but the spec as it stands is still incomplete (it does not explain how to handle nested numbered lists).
Also CSS numbering scheme is too simplistic does not match any real-world word processors, so its utility is very limited. It does work for simple things, but the moment you get into complex document transformations, the easiest thing to do is to simply insert all the generated content yourself.