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I would like to redefine the enumerate environment so that each \item automatically sets \label{en:\arabic{page}\alph{enumi}}. I already tried

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\gappto{\item}{\label{en:\arabic{page}\alph{enumi}}}

but this also triggers in the center environement, where I don't want it.

How can I do this, avoiding conflict with enumitem.sty if possible.

(Don't worry about non-uniqueness of labels - the document layout assures that.)

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    Are you sure this is a good idea? What will happen to your \ref commands if you have to insert an item before the end of a list?
    – Ian Thompson
    Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 19:42
  • @IanThompson Won't happen. I'm re-typesetting an old document, so content is fixed - but style of cross-references in the new edition isn't yet.
    – arney
    Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 19:47
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    What about page breaks?
    – Ian Thompson
    Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 19:50
  • @IanThompson Trust me, in the section where I need this, there will be no dynamic typesetting at all. It's all static, drilled to look like the original - and I'm too lazy to type all the \label commands by hand, as one involuntary mishap might mess that up.
    – arney
    Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 19:55
  • Do you need to worry about nested lists (i.e. enumerates inside other enumerates)?
    – Ian Thompson
    Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 20:06

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Use the internal \@item:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xpatch}

\makeatletter
\xapptocmd{\@item}{\label{en:\arabic{page}\alph{enumi}}}{}{}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}
\item First.
\item Second.
\item Third.
\end{enumerate}
\ref{en:1c}, \ref{en:1b} and~\ref{en:1a}

\end{document}

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And an example with the enumitem package and nested environments:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\makeatletter
\xapptocmd{\@item}{
  \ifnum\@enumdepth=1\relax
    \label{en:\arabic{page}\alph{enumi}}
  \else 
  \ifnum\@enumdepth=2\relax
    \label{en:\arabic{page}\arabic{enumii}}
  \else 
  \ifnum\@enumdepth=3\relax
    \label{en:\arabic{page}\roman{enumiii}}
  \else 
  \ifnum\@enumdepth=4\relax
    \label{en:\arabic{page}\Roman{enumiv}}
  \fi\fi\fi\fi
  }
  {}{}
\makeatother

\setlist[enumerate,1]{label=\alph*)}
\setlist[enumerate,2]{label=\arabic*.,ref=\arabic*}
\setlist[enumerate,3]{label=(\roman*)}
\setlist[enumerate,4]{label=\Roman*.,label=\Roman*}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}
\item First.
  \begin{enumerate}
  \item First subitem.
  \item Second subitem.
  \item Third subitem.
  \item Fourth subitem.
  \end{enumerate}
\item Second.
\item Third.
\end{enumerate}
Some cross-references for the first level: \ref{en:1c}, \ref{en:1b} and~\ref{en:1a} and some cross-references for the second level: \ref{en:14}, \ref{en:13}, \ref{en:12} and~\ref{en:11}.

\end{document}

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