Left-out headers not shown as zero

[flaushi]

Assume I have a document like

1. Heading h1
2. Heading two h1
2.1 First H2
3. Third H1
3.0.1 First H3 (H2 is missing)

Then the output of the lib is

1. Heading h1
2. Heading two h1
2.1 First H2
3. Third H1
3.1 3.1.1 First H3 (H2 is missing)

Can I fix this just with an option?
My problem I guess is the "empty" li that is created and counts. It increments the leftout layer and gives the 1 instead of 0.

My corresponding css does behave as I'd like:

.toc ol {
			list-style-type: none;
			counter-reset: item;
			margin: 0;
			padding: 0;
		}


		.toc ol > li:before  {
            counter-increment: item;
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
			content: counters(item, ".") ". ";

		}

.report-content {
  counter-reset: h1counter;
}

.report-content  h1  {
    counter-increment: h1counter;
    counter-reset: h2counter h3counter h4counter;
}

.report-content h1:before {
    content: counters(h1counter, ".") " ";
    margin-right: 10px;
}

.report-content  h2 {
  counter-increment: h2counter;
  counter-reset: h3counter h4counter ;
}

.report-content  h2:before {
  content: counters(h1counter, ".") "." counters(h2counter, ".") " ";
  margin-right: 10px;
}

.report-content  h3 {
  counter-increment: h3counter;
  counter-reset: h4counter;
}

.report-content  h3:before {
    content: counters(h1counter, ".") "." counters(h2counter, ".") "." counters(h3counter, ".") " ";
    margin-right: 10px;
}

[caseyamcl]

Hi @flaushi. I know it's been over 3.5 years since you submitted this issue, but I finally have some bandwidth to show this library some 💖.

I looked into this, and it is not possible to generate x.0.x-type items using strictly HTML (<ol>). I think your CSS solution is the only way to make it work.

Since this library doesn't manipulate CSS (only HTML), I feel like this out-of-scope, but we may be able to add some information to the documentation in case other people have this issue.

[caseyamcl]

Maybe try manipulating the start attribute in HTML?

<ol>
  <li>Some heading</li>
  <ol start="1">
    <li>Some sub-heading</li>
    <li>Another sub-heading</li>
  </ol>
  <li>Another heading</li>
  <ol start="0">
    <li></li>
    <ol start="1">
      <li>Sub-sub-sub-heading</li>
    </ol>
  </ol>
</ol>

[caseyamcl]

Added some information to the README.