Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-29 Thread George N. White III
On 12/24/07, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Gour wrote: > > > 5) I read LaTeX in proper ConTeXt pdf, but I'm interested is there some > > helper to convert classical LaTeX book (book class) to ConTeXt? I've two > > books which I'm considering to publish as one (~100

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-24 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007, Gour wrote: > 5) I read LaTeX in proper ConTeXt pdf, but I'm interested is there some > helper to convert classical LaTeX book (book class) to ConTeXt? I've two > books which I'm considering to publish as one (~1000p) in the future, so > any help in conversion would be nice

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-24 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:43:35 +0100 Gour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:39:56 -0700 > "Idris Samawi Hamid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Which is why we need a team :-) > > Right. This sounds as reasonable proposal - let every expert writes his/her > part. We're too les

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-24 Thread Gour
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:29:26 +0100 Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yes and no ... luatex's interfaces may change, as may some > functionality (much starts as experiment, is tested, evolves, is > optimized, etc); That's understandable, nothing to complain about. > however, as long as you

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-24 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:43:35 -0700, Gour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:39:56 -0700 > "Idris Samawi Hamid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Which is why we need a team :-) > > Right. This sounds as reasonable proposal - let every expert writes > his/her part. > >> Anyway, as

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-24 Thread Hans Hagen
Gour wrote: > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:39:56 -0700 > "Idris Samawi Hamid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Which is why we need a team :-) > > Right. This sounds as reasonable proposal - let every expert writes his/her > part. > >> Anyway, as soon as luatex/mkiv is relatively stable, the hyperbo

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-23 Thread Gour
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:39:56 -0700 "Idris Samawi Hamid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which is why we need a team :-) Right. This sounds as reasonable proposal - let every expert writes his/her part. > Anyway, as soon as luatex/mkiv is relatively stable, the hyperbola is still > a bit too far

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-23 Thread Gour
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:57:03 +0100 Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should use XeTeX or LuaTeX and you're free from any problem > because đ is now a normal letter as any other character and you could > use all letters in label texts without problems. Good. I plan to use LuaTeX i

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-23 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:57:03 -0700, Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ConTeXt manual, very difficult topic. All of us want it, nobody is > able or motivated enough to write, we have a few experts for every > topic (mathematics, fonts etc.) but none who who has knowledge about >

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:11:49 +0100 Gour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:09:49 +0100 > "Mojca Miklavec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > (We'll drop that letter from our keyboards soon :) > > > > > > Oh, then I'll stay with friendly lyx/latex... > > > > What does lyx have

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread Gour
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:09:49 +0100 "Mojca Miklavec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (We'll drop that letter from our keyboards soon :) > > > > Oh, then I'll stay with friendly lyx/latex... > > What does lyx have to do with đ and the (Slovenian) keyboard? Ahh, I understood you will start a party

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Dec 22, 2007 3:19 PM, Gour wrote: > > > (We'll drop that letter from our keyboards soon :) > > Oh, then I'll stay with friendly lyx/latex... What does lyx have to do with đ and the (Slovenian) keyboard? > > That was before anyone started complaining about its > > non-functionality :). > > When

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread Gour
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:33:12 +0100 "Mojca Miklavec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, except that there is no beamer package available in ConTeXt , but > theoretically "anything can be done". Sure ;) > > In addition to the core functionality: > http://modules.contextgarden.net/taspresent > http

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread Gour
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:00:48 +0100 Jean Magnan de Bornier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] Thanks. > AucTeX support for ConTeXt is quite good, but I fear that a > preview-latex equivalent is out of reach now (although is has been > announced a while back). I explored mailing-archives a bit, but

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Dec 22, 2007 11:01 AM, Gour wrote: > My writing needs are from short & simple docs (1--few pages long) over > preparing > educational presentations (with handouts) illustrated with graphics (both > images & SVG) for > seminars (beamer-like) to be used with video-projector in classroom-like >

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 22 décembre à 11:01:22 Gour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrit notamment: | My writing needs are from short & simple docs (1--few pages long) over preparing | educational presentations (with handouts) illustrated with graphics (both images & SVG) for | seminars (beamer-like) to be used with video-proj

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread Gour
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:13:31 +0100 "luigi scarso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hmm...boh. :-) > It depends: > I prefear one email for each question plus an example to test; OK. Will remember for the future... > but maybe your questions are easy, so it's better one email . > (BTW, it's not easy

Re: [NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread luigi scarso
> Have several questions, so before firing them up, I'd like to ask about > general etiquette on the list: should I throw them all in one email or > divide as one_question/email ? hmm...boh. It depends: I prefear one email for each question plus an example to test; but maybe your questions are ea

[NTG-context] migrating to ConTeXt

2007-12-22 Thread Gour
Hi! Recently I switched to emacs editor and at considered to leave lyx. At the same time, I'm again considering ConTeXt (was playing with it some years ago when it was receiving utf-8 support) - after reading about luaTeX & MkIV development. Have several questions, so before firing them up, I'd