Re: [NTG-context] ConTEXt - produced book about ConTeXt
Le 8 avr. 08 à 22:48, Gour a écrit : Henning How about a list of books (or everything else) made with Henning ConTeXt? How about to make book about ConTeXt? :-))) I guess that with the upcomming luatex, mkiv or other lua-metapost, there will never be a context book!? ... but I hope there will be a mark (or any next conTeXt name) book ConTeXt is not a simple language library, but a full typing system which need a true documentation. So, even if a command reference could be read online (or in source code ;-), An extended user manual (e.g. equivalent to the old manual + the official tabular system, + ...) is still needed. A ConTeXt book would provide a stable base for learning ConTeXt. The ConTeXt version would also serve as basis for features, and any future online docs could be classified as before (read obsolete) or after the context book. Also all ConTeXt features from the book should be suppose to work except if mentioned in an online correction documentation. P.S. I don't use any more ConTeXt for some raison (I come back to LaTex) But I keep looking at the mailing list and I hope to come back to ConTeXt some months later. I keep thinking that ConTeXt is the future of LaTeX! -- Maurice ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] ConTEXt - produced book about ConTeXt
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Maurice Diamantini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le 8 avr. 08 à 22:48, Gour a écrit : Henning How about a list of books (or everything else) made with Henning ConTeXt? How about to make book about ConTeXt? :-))) I guess that with the upcomming luatex, mkiv or other lua-metapost, there will never be a context book!? Why, the interface will not change, you shouldn't notice any difference between pdfTeX, XeTeX or LuaTeX. MkIV has a new method (xml setups) to use XML files but the old one (xml definitions) could be used without problems. Font setup changed slightly with MkIV but this happened also for XeTeX a few times in the past. The rest conceirns only bug fixes or new features. ... but I hope there will be a mark (or any next conTeXt name) book http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-41.htm ConTeXt is not a simple language library, but a full typing system which need a true documentation. So, even if a command reference could be read online (or in source code ;-), http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-10.htm An extended user manual (e.g. equivalent to the old manual + the official tabular system, + ...) is still needed. You could try to merge the big manual and the starter manual. The sources are available only. A ConTeXt book would provide a stable base for learning ConTeXt. The ConTeXt version would also serve as basis for features, and any future online docs could be classified as before (read obsolete) or after the context book. None of ConTeXt's manuals are obsolete, the big manuals provides the basic for daily works and the other manual cover special topics like colummns, integrations of MetaPost ... Also all ConTeXt features from the book should be suppose to work except if mentioned in an online correction documentation. Wolfgang ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] ConTEXt - produced book about ConTeXt
ConTeXt is not a simple language library, but a full typing system which need a true documentation. True So, even if a command reference could be read online (or in source code ;-), True; actually there is something at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User:Luigi.scarso/modules.pdf but I'm (slowly) changing it P.S. I don't use any more ConTeXt for some raison (I come back to LaTex) :( But I keep looking at the mailing list and I hope to come back to ConTeXt some months later. :) I keep thinking that ConTeXt is the future of LaTeX! True -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] ConTEXt - produced book about ConTeXt
Maurice Diamantini wrote: Le 8 avr. 08 à 22:48, Gour a écrit : Henning How about a list of books (or everything else) made with Henning ConTeXt? How about to make book about ConTeXt? :-))) I guess that with the upcomming luatex, mkiv or other lua-metapost, there will never be a context book!? but I hope there will be a mark (or any next conTeXt name) book mkii and mkiv are just version tags, it's still context if there is to be a book, it will be about context mkiv (less hassle with encodings and funny chars and ...) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 ___
