--- ExplicitNumberingPlugin.pm.orig	2003-09-17 13:50:20.000000000 -0700
+++ ExplicitNumberingPlugin.pm	2005-03-09 10:30:02.000000000 -0700
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 
     # do custom extension rule, like for example:
     # $_[0] =~ s/old/new/g;
-    $_[0] =~ s/\#\#(\w+\#)?(0)?\.(\.*)([a-z]?)/&makeExplicitNumber($1,$2,length($3),$4)/geo;
+    $_[0] =~ s/\#\#(\w+\#)?([0-9]*)?\.(\.*)([a-z]?)/&makeExplicitNumber($1,$2,length($3),$4)/geo;
 }
 
 # =========================
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@
 	    for $i ( 0 .. $lastLevel ) { $Numbering[$i] = 0; }
 	}
     }
+    # Allow forcing the level to any starting integer (1-99999)
+    if ( ($init gt 0)  && ($init le 99999) ) {
+        $Numbering[$level] = (int $init)-1;
+    }
 
     #...Increase current level number
     $Numbering[ $level ] += 1;