VMS Help DSR, DSR Commands, .NUMBER LIST  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The .NUMBER LIST command allows you to specify, anywhere in a
    list, the number with which a sequence of items in a list will
    begin. Enter this command just before the .LIST ELEMENT command
    that you want to affect. Subsequent list elements will each have
    a number that is one greater than the number for the preceding
    .LIST ELEMENT command. (See also .DISPLAY ELEMENTS, with which
    you can specify the form the number will take.)

    Format

      .NUMBER LIST   n

    Abreviated format

      .NMLS  n

1 - Parameter

 n

    Specifies a string of characters or the number with which a
    following sequence of items in a list will begin. You must enter
    .LIST ELEMENT following the .NUMBER LIST command.

2 - Default

    Sequential decimal numbering, beginning with 1.