Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-08 Thread Sietse Brouwer
I've added the info on the bot. But please, if you think something could be improved, just hit the edit link and do it --- way quicker than mentioning it on the mailing list and waiting for my sense of guilt to kick in. ;-) (If you feel insecure, you can always ask for help or a second opinion, of

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-08 Thread Marco Patzer
> I've added a note to the [[Main Page]] (edit it at > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Template:Main_Page), and a note to the > [[IRC]] page. How does that look to you guys? Looks good to me. Future will show if this leads to interesting conversations. Everyone is invited. > I think that someone wh

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-08 Thread Troy Henderson
> > Even though the former is correct, I guess LaTeX is a little off-topic. Perhaps it would be nice to have users know about the LaTeX bot as well in case they want to compare LaTeX and ConTeXt output. I sure changed my mind fast. :-) Troy __

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-08 Thread Troy Henderson
Looks good to me, although I personally would change "and there is a bot maintained by Troy Henderson that allows real-time testing of LaTeX, MetaPost, and ConTeXt code." to "and there is a bot maintained by Troy Henderson that allows real-time testing of MetaPost and ConTeXt code." Even though

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-08 Thread Sietse Brouwer
Heya, I've added a note to the [[Main Page]] (edit it at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Template:Main_Page), and a note to the [[IRC]] page. How does that look to you guys? I think that someone who knows the channel could make a more appetizing description on the [[IRC]] page than the one I just wr

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-07 Thread Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz
hi Sietse, there are normally about 5-10 users online regularly, including me and Troy, but it would be nice to meet more users there, as a fast help is easier accomplished via IRC then ML but right ML is nice for a searchable help and as Marco said a secondary helpsystem... That channel was desi

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-07 Thread Troy Henderson
I have bots running in #latex and #context that allows users to test LaTeX, MetaPost, and ConTeXt code in real time and have a URL generated for the output of their code (or a log file of the compilation process if their code fails to compile). I also keep logs of these rooms, and these logs can b

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-07 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2012-09-07 Bill Meahan wrote: > After being on the internet since the early 1980's I can say with > certainty if one person is having a particular problem others have or > will have it, too. A searchable archive of answers (like a mailing list > archive) is far more valuable than the epheme

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-07 Thread Bill Meahan
On 09/07/2012 06:57 AM, Marco Patzer wrote: At the moment the channel is dead, which is probably due to the fact that no one knows of its existence. But it might turn into a valuable source of information, e.g. regarding installation problems for which the mailing list might not be as suitable.

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-07 Thread Sietse Brouwer
Marco wrote: > I was wandering if we should promote the ConTeXt > IRC channel on the contextgarden home page, The purpose of a link on the front page would be to point help-searchers at a useful resource --- if the resource is not yet useful, there's no point in the link, I think. After all, peopl

Re: [NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-07 Thread Troy Henderson
I'm certainly in #context regularly, although I agree that it does appear dead most of the time. I would like to see it as active as #latex. Troy ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an en

[NTG-context] Promotion of the ConTeXt IRC channel

2012-09-07 Thread Marco Patzer
Hi, I was wandering if we should promote the ConTeXt IRC channel on the contextgarden home page, e.g. underneath “Welcome to ConTeXt garden” or “External Help”. The current page (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/IRC) is unlikely to be found by anyone. I think most questions should stay on the mailin