Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > Following the discussion with Gerben over the past week, I have > initialized a project for the creation of a new Context Reference > Manual. > > The goal is to create a complete manual documenting all of context's > user-level commands with the focus on creating a reference manual, > but not so much on providing a learner's manual.
Hi, I just wanted to say that I think this is a great idea. I do not think the situation is as bad as Gerben states. But I too have been frustrated at the anachronisms and ommissions from the reference manual. One thing extra I would ask for is that parameters be actually *explained*, as well as simply listed, for each command. Perhaps a hyperlink to a generic explanation page if they are "too trivial". > Anybody who is willing and able to help out in any way is very much > invited to join in. The manual is to be distributed under the GNU Free > Document License so that it can borrow text from the wiki, and also so > that it can be included in free TeX distributions (like TeX Live). I hope this means it can be part of Debian - I gather this implies not having any "invariant sections": <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License#Invariant_sections> [...] > so if you want to help out in any way, please subscribe to the mailing > list via the link above (I don't want to overburden ntg-context with > messages on this subject). -- John Devereux ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
