Re: [NTG-context] Re: Tutorial

2005-04-12 Thread Sytse Knypstra

Gary wrote:
Patrick Gundlach wrote:
I am currently working in a Windows (XP) environment but if it makes
a difference and Linux is more suitable for a Tex environment I move
to a Unix based one then. Thanks for the reply.
  

No problem, there are several windows users on this list. But I don't
know which distribution is currently preferred. MikTeX?
 

I can't speak for any other distribution, but MikTeX is practically 
mindlessly easy to install and maintain.  And it seems to work.

http://www.miktex.org/ You should be able to produce ConTeXt documents
out of the box when installed properly.
Hope this helps,
Patrick
I would definitely not recommend MikTeX. Sooner or later, if your 
projects are growing, you run into the error:
 ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [hash size=35000].
and MikTeX does not provide a way to increase hash size.
See the discussion on
http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20031205.084314.a5019886.html

Sytse
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[NTG-context] Re: Tutorial

2005-04-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello,


 Could one of you please recommend a document that tells me what to
 download and how to install and run a Tex application such as
 Context and how to compose and compile a document such as a
 booklet or more? I like to learn and use Tex and have absolutely no
 experience with it. Thank you all.

You can take a look at the ConTeXt wiki (see below for address). If
you have a current TeX distribution, you are probably ready to go. If
not, get one, such as teTeX for Unix or MikTeX for Windows. Tell us
more about your environment.

Patrick
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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Tutorial

2005-04-11 Thread Loeghmon Tadayon Nejad
Partick,

I am currently working in a Windows (XP)environment but if it makes a difference and Linux is more suitable for a Tex environmentImove to a Unix based one then.Thanks for the reply.Patrick Gundlach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello, Could one of you please recommend a document that tells me what to download and how to install and run a Tex application such as "Context" and how to compose and compile a document such as a booklet or more? I like to learn and use Tex and have absolutely no experience with it. Thank you all.You can take a look at the ConTeXt wiki (see below for address). Ifyou have a current TeX distribution, you are probably ready to go. Ifnot, get one, such as teTeX for Unix or MikTeX for Windows. Tell usmore about your environment.Patrick-- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net___ntg-context mailing listntg-context@ntg.nlhttp://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-contextRegards,Loeghmon Tadayon  Nejad___
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[NTG-context] Re: Tutorial

2005-04-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach

 I am currently working in a Windows (XP) environment but if it makes
 a difference and Linux is more suitable for a Tex environment I move
 to a Unix based one then. Thanks for the reply.

No problem, there are several windows users on this list. But I don't
know which distribution is currently preferred. MikTeX?
http://www.miktex.org/ You should be able to produce ConTeXt documents
out of the box when installed properly.

Hope this helps,

Patrick
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ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net
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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Tutorial

2005-04-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Loeghmon Tadayon Nejad wrote:
Partick,
 
I am currently working in a Windows (XP) environment but if it makes a 
difference and Linux is more suitable for a Tex environment I move to a 
Unix based one then. Thanks for the reply. 
there is no difference between windows/mac/linux with regards to tex; it all 
depends on what other tools and editors you want to use; here we use all 
platforms mixed: we use windows for development and projects (most convenient 
for the kind of work we do), linux for (web) server based apps including tex 
(quite stable); and we will start using macs for some projects, and maybe also 
as a replacement for the linux file/mail/etc servers (best interface/hardware)

Because i want to post a new context zip with svg support, today i spent the 
whole day trying to get the latest gtk libs on the one year old linux suse 9.1 
server; it took me a few minutes to install inkscape on xp but i've given up on 
linux (it needs tons of latest greatest libs that one need to compile and put in 
the right non-conflicting places so I will try again when i've received suse 
9.3); installing fonts in a tex system is easier -)

Hans
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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Tutorial

2005-04-11 Thread Gary
Patrick Gundlach wrote:
I am currently working in a Windows (XP) environment but if it makes
a difference and Linux is more suitable for a Tex environment I move
to a Unix based one then. Thanks for the reply.
   

No problem, there are several windows users on this list. But I don't
know which distribution is currently preferred. MikTeX?
 

I can't speak for any other distribution, but MikTeX is practically 
mindlessly easy to install and maintain.  And it seems to work.

http://www.miktex.org/ You should be able to produce ConTeXt documents
out of the box when installed properly.
Hope this helps,
Patrick
 


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