On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 15:49 (-0000), Kirk Lowery wrote:
> Greetings!
> Although I'm a complete noob when it comes to ConTeXt, I'm a 30+ year user of
> LaTeX. Recently I decided I need to go outside the box and learn ConTeXt. For
> the past couple of weeks I've been exploring the documentation. I've got a
> question:
> I'm running ConTeXt LMTX from TeXLive 2026 on a Debian 12 VM. As a learning
> exercise, I've been creating a simple "essay" document from scratch, making
> it more complex as I successfully add features. I want to setup and then use
> a glossary. But after searching for several days I've been unable to find
> documentation on a glossary feature, nor any MWEs.
> Can you point me to a source(s) of info, howtos, examples, etc.? Any pointers
> much appreciated.
Hi Kirk,
I used plain TeX for about 35 years before giving ConTeXt a try. And while
I am still far from a ConTeXt expert, I can make a couple of suggestions
which might help.
There is a "famous" document called "A Not So Short Introduction to
ConTeXt" ("ANSS") which was written for ConTeXt Mark IV. The latest &
greatest ConTeXt is ConTeXt LMTX, and in a moment of utter indiscretion I
started updating ANSS to ANSS-CE. The latter is found at
https://codeberg.org/anss-ce/ANSS-CE/
The English version is the only language to receive updates for LMTX (so
far), so even if you prefer another language, those haven't been updated.
While the book does not (yet, anyway) explicitly talk about Glossaries,
perhaps the information you seek can be teased out of Chapter 8 in that
book. (Chapter 8 deals with creating lists of things, and I suppose a
Glossary is just another kind of list.)
Or maybe someone with a considerably better grasp of available
documentation can point you at something more immediately applicable.
Good luck.
Jim
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