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<div class="">I am trying to format an enumerated list (using the enumerate environment, and we are at the top level—this is not inside another “enumerate” environment). I want to have the numbering in arabic followed by a period, as in </div>
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<div class="">etc, but I need to interrupt the list to insert commentary/instructions. I know about both the enumitem package (using \end{enumerate}, then \begin{enumerate}[resume} and the mdwlist package, (using \suspend{enumerate} then \resume{enumerate}.
For some reason (is it because I am using the amsart document style?) the default labelling is in parentheses, contrary to what the Latex Companion says. </div>
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<div class="">I can change the format back to the one I want, using \usepackage{enumerate} and \begin{enumerate}[1.], but can’t interrupt the list—at least I don’t know how: if I don’t invoke either enumitem or mdwlist, I know I have to go through contortions
to resume the numbering after the comment, which I don’t quite understand (the explanation on pp 129-131 is opaque to me). </div>
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<div class="">If I try to use enumitem and start with \begin{enumerate}[1.], even with \usepackage{enumerate}, it tells me 1. is undefined. </div>
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<div class="">If I use mdwlist alone with the same initial \begin{enumerate}[1.] I get an immediate missing item error.</div>
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<div class="">The best outcome I managed was to \usepackage{enumerate} together with \mdwlist; with the initial \begin{enumerate}[1.] :</div>
<div class="">if I don’t try to put [1.] after the \resume{enumerate} I get a good listing, but the first part of the list is labeled as desired (1. First) but the second part is</div>
<div class="">indented, and labeled parenthetically ( (3) Third ). I’ve attached the minimal example with this configuration.</div>
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<div class="">If I try to use [1.] after \resume{enumerate}, it finds a missing item in the second part of the list.</div>
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<div class="">Can someone give me a (hopefully straightforward) solution to the problem, so that I get</div>
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<div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>1. First item</div>
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<div class="">We pause for a break</div>
<div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>3. Third item</div>
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