[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-08 Thread Bruce Horrocks
> On 7 Aug 2023, at 18:13, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > while it’s too late for this year’s conferences, I’d like to have some nice > ConTeXt, MetaPost or general TeX stickers for next year’s. > Do you have ideas? Here's my suggestion for a sticker that we can't use. ;-) Regards, —

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-08 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 8/8/2023 11:19 AM, Otared Kavian wrote: On 7 Aug 2023, at 20:25, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: […] The TeX community, mostly consisting of LaTeX users, is joking about LaTeX vs. latex all the time. At least the part of the community that meets at open source conferences and hacker camps.

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-08 Thread Otared Kavian
> On 7 Aug 2023, at 20:25, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > […] > The TeX community, mostly consisting of LaTeX users, is joking about LaTeX > vs. latex all the time. At least the part of the community that meets at open > source conferences and hacker camps. > Indeed, those old enough, would

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Marcus Vinicius Mesquita
It is the best one absolutely. I never regretted to have abandoned LaTeX a long time ago! On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 7:14 PM Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 8/7/2023 11:31 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > Am 07.08.23 um 21:42 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: > >> indeed, and there are reasons why we

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/7/2023 11:31 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 07.08.23 um 21:42 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: indeed, and there are reasons why we stayed away from fancy websites, merchandizing, monetizing, adds on websites, statistics, likes, upvotes .. let's keep it that way Hey, I’m just

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Robert via ntg-context
When we started our studies of Arabic - this was back in the eighties - our department distributed stickers with the text: ‘Arabists do it from right to left’. We thought it was funny, and I still do! Regards, Robert > Op 7 aug. 2023, om 23:31 heeft Henning Hraban Ramm het > volgende

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 07.08.23 um 21:42 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context: indeed, and there are reasons why we stayed away from fancy websites, merchandizing, monetizing, adds on websites, statistics, likes, upvotes .. let's keep it that way Hey, I’m just trying to change the status of ConTeXt as "the best

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Hamid,Idris
Dear gang, Henning, That sample is... both culturally tasteless and aesthetically unpleasing. Why not build on one of Duane Bibby's classic lions? -) Best wishes -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 On Aug 7, 2023, 1:36 PM

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 8/7/2023 8:28 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On 8/7/23 20:08, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote: Please phrase your reaction differently. This is absolutely not about my sense of humor. But if you have observed the news media these last few years, you may have noticed how sensitive the

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 8/7/2023 8:28 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On 8/7/23 20:08, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote: Please phrase your reaction differently. This is absolutely not about my sense of humor. But if you have observed the news media these last few years, you may have noticed how sensitive the

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 8/7/23 20:08, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote: Please phrase your reaction differently. This is absolutely not about my sense of humor. But if you have observed the news media these last few years, you may have noticed how sensitive the public opinion has become about "humor" of

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 07.08.23 um 20:08 schrieb Hans van der Meer via ntg-context: Please phrase your reaction differently. This is absolutely not about my sense of humor. But if you have observed the news media these last few years, you may have noticed how sensitive the public opinion has become about "humor"

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
Please phrase your reaction differently. This is absolutely not about my sense of humor. But if you have observed the news media these last few years, you may have noticed how sensitive the public opinion has become about "humor" of this kind. I am afraid it could place the Tex community (for

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 07.08.23 um 19:20 schrieb Hans van der Meer via ntg-context: I would say: Don't use this one. This sticker could be interpreted as having a sexual connotation and that is not the way (excuse the Mandalorian). The sexual connotation is intentional, of course. Apparently not everyone’s kind

[NTG-context] Re: ideas for ConTeXt stickers?

2023-08-07 Thread Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
I would say: Don't use this one. This sticker could be interpreted as having a sexual connotation and that is not the way (excuse the Mandalorian). yours sincerelydr. Hans van der Meer On 7 Aug 2023, at 19:13, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:Hi,while it’s too late for this year’s conferences, I’d