Obligatory "org-mode[1] does that very well". Anyway if you put two spaces after "another thing" ("2. another thing \nPlease clarify...") it should render the

Obligatory "org-mode[1] does that very well". Anyway if you put two spaces after "another thing" ("2. another thing \nPlease clarify...") it should render the way you want. 1. http://orgmode.org/ http://orgmode.org/