On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
Hi Martin,
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:18:37 -0600, Martin Schröder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
2008/6/30 Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
What does ConTeXt have that Framemaker does not?
I don't know about ConTeXt, but I know that something like LaTeX's
\include/\includeonly was a new feature of Frame 7 (from 2002).
What is \include/\includeonly?
Suppose you are writing a book with 15 chapters, and it takes a long time
to compile your chapters. In LaTeX, you can include each chapter using
\include {name of file} and then add a command \includeonly{a few
chapters} on the top of your file. Only the chapters specified by
\includeonly are included. So, it saves a lot of time in compiling the
file. (I think there is also a command to exclude specific chapters).
It is roughly similar to compiling only a component of a big project in
ConTeXt. However, I feel that the latex version works better since it
maintains the numbering of chapters, etc.
For example, in latex if I include chapter 3 of a big book, its chapter
number will be 3, and all the cross references to material outside that
chapter will be correct.
In Context, if I compile the component containing chapter 3, its number
will start from 1. I can get correct cross references by using
\usereferences (and ignore the duplicate references warning), but the
numbering of the compiled component is incorrect. This is one are where I
wish context had better support.
Note that latex's method is not perfect. \include starts a new page, but
that way it can ensure that the materical of included file is somewhat
isolated with rest of the material. Context's \component does not start a
new page, which is often times useful.
Aditya
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