I have been looking at what I have left to accomplish before my classes begin in the fall, and I am realizing that I am running out of time that I can afford to spend learning more about ConTeXt. However, I would really like to give ConTeXt a fair shake, because I believe that it might be what I need for the future. I would also like to take Hans's good advice about setting up some basic page layouts and then working on the structure of my book in the process of converting it.
But before I commit to the conversion, however, I need to know for certain that ConTeXt can handle the page layouts that I need. I need to duplicate (at least roughly) the three major page layouts that appear in my published text "Six Ideas That Shaped Physics": a two- page spread that opens each chapter, the chapter body style, and a two-column layout for homework problems at the end of the chapter. In the thread entitled "Newbie questions" on this list, I have been attempting to address the second of these three layouts. That layout is almost done, except for finding a workaround for a possible bug, and the others should be somewhat easier, though still will involve some work. I think that I can spring loose up to a few hundred dollars from my departmental budget to pay a consultant to help me finish setting up these page layouts so that I can focus on the writing issues. Would anyone on the list be interested in being hired to work on these layouts? If so, please contact me off-list, and I will describe the layouts I need in more detail and ask for a bid. Thanks for any interest, Thomas Moore _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
