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\usecounterSynopsis:
\usecounter{counter}
Used in the second argument of the list environment
(see list), this declares that list items will be numbered by
counter. It initializes counter to zero, and arranges that
when \item is called without its optional argument then
counter is incremented by \refstepcounter, making its value
be the current ref value (see \ref). This command is fragile
(see \protect).
Put in the document preamble, this example makes a new list environment enumerated with testcounter:
\newcounter{testcounter}
\newenvironment{test}{%
\begin{list}{}{%
\usecounter{testcounter}
}
}{%
\end{list}
}