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On Oct 21, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Bryant Eastham wrote:
All-
A few days ago when I first stumbled on ConTeXt I was very, very
excited. I have some 500 pages of technical documentation that could
benefit from this, particularly since I need Japanese font support.
But it has to be real.
I’m sorry if this sounds caustic, but after 12 hours of failed
attempts to even get a minimal document formatted I have some
serious questions for the list:
What do you mean "get even a minimal document formatted"? You're
complaining that you don't find "current examples that actually work,"
yet instead of a real minimal example, you post only rants. Give us a
real example of what you have tried, and someone may be able to help
you.
1. Is Mark IV real? I am only somewhat joking here – after
spending hours searching for reasonable documentation on even the
most trivial options, I am left wondering whether this is something
I want to use…
No Mkiv isn't real. For two years, we've all been part of this
elaborate hoax. We pretend we're using a software that doesn't exist.
2. ConTeXt looks great. But what is current? Seriously, I like
the look and the support (particularly Unicode). But going over
documentation I cannot make heads or tails of what to do. Mark II?
Mark IV? TeTeX? LuaTeX? If I really want to use this, what should I
use?
TeTeX is the odd item in your list. It's a defunct TeX system that
hasn't been updated in three years or so. You may have meant XeTeX. On
a serious note: For 95 % of ConTeXt, it doesn't matter what engine you
use. The high-level code in your document should give identical output
with pdftext (= mkii), XeTeX, or the new luatex engine (= mkiv). If
you need Japanese, you will probably want to use XeTeX or luatex. For
the differences between mkiv and mkii, see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MkIV_Differences
3. Having answered #2, where in the world is a reference
manual!!! I mean one that actually *documents the options*.
What documentation did you read? cont-eni.pdf? The wiki? Have you
looked at all the manuals available on http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-1.htm
? cont-eni.pdf is still the current documentation; if you want to
have a brief look at options, I would recommend http://texshow.contextgarden.net/
4. Having answered #3, are there any current examples that
actually work? The snippets from the mailing are great, but they are
just snippets. That doesn’t help me.
What is missing on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Sample_documents ?
There are several sample documents.
Now, to resolve my immediate issue, and just because I will not be
able to sleep well until I figure this out (yes, I am fixated on
this).
I want this document structure:
Contents
1. Chapter 1-1
1.1 Section 1-2
2. Chapter 2 2-1
2.1 Section 2-2
Table of contents on page “i”.
Even/odd, each chapter starts on right page.
Page number (as in 2-2) in top margin.
Mark IV, Lua document.
I have tried hundreds of different combinations. If it cannot do
this, the I will (with sadness) move on. I’m sure that it would take
someone who understands this about 5 minutes to write (if that).
Then show us a minimal example of one of these hundreds of
combinations, and somebody will look at it and may have an idea. But I
doubt that anybody will want to write this for you.
Thomas
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