> -----Original Message----- > From: On Behalf Of David Rogers > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 3:18 PM > > > Mike Cooper <m...@murchisondrillingschools.com> writes: > > > Thanks Tomáš! > > > > 1. Where can this solution be found? > > > Mike, I know how you feel. The reasons that the documentation is > so sparse and difficult to find are the same reasons behind a lot > of things: time, money, and ability. Good documentation requires > all three of those things to be brought together at the same time. > Some people reading and responding here have two out of the three, > but it's rare to find someone who has all three at the same time. > > On second thought, there are at least five things required: time, > money, ability, desire, and a workable plan. And with ConTeXt > being developed by a relatively tiny group, even if a brilliant > and kind organizer came along and said "I want excellent > documentation for ConTeXt, and I'll pay a fortune to the person > who knows how to write it - see, here's the money" - there's no > way of guaranteeing that someone would actually take the offer. > > -- > David
Thanks David! I don't think I've ever been quite so frustrated at trying to learn anything else in my life! If it wasn't required by my job, I wouldn't have made it past the first day or two (3 months ago). But I'm slogging away and it's gradually coming together (I think). I spent my whole day yesterday figuring out how to do some very basic formatting/layout that would have taken 5-10 minutes in Word or HTML/CSS. People have been very helpful and patient with me!! Thanks to all of you for that! And thanks David for this explanation of the situation. regards, Mike ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
