From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/3256 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Frans Goddijn" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: beginner's questions Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:56:12 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <006001c04c08$cc067b00$118582c3@oemcomputer> References: <20001111173713.26A132317E@client44-3.kabela.oprit.rug.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035394000 15475 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:26:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:26:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:3256 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:3256 > A dissenting voice: I don't think Context is easier than LaTeX. One > stumbling block is the documentation - there is a lot of it, but I find Quite tolerable voice ;-)) I agree insofar as I have to get used to the documentation and often things look so simple that I see right through the transparancy and make things unnecessarily complicated for myself. If I get something to work and I show my source file to Hans, he shows me that the same can be done with 90% less effort. I wish I could order The ConTeXt manual somewhere, finished, complete, with examples, nicely bound ;-)) But we have to wait until it's finished and it seems there's a race going on: ConTeXt gets new features, calling for an update on the manual and while the manual gets updates, nearing the End, ConTeXt gets more new features documented in an exciting sub-manual which will eventually be inserted in the Big Manual... > Two things in favour of Context: other than LaTeX, it is capable of > producing a tight column layout. Also, Hans is very responsive and > helpful when you have a problem. Which makes it fun to use, and this forum is very much alive with people doing new things. I can't say I can follow all the codings at all that I see passing and I call myself lucky for not needing to be on the cutting edge ;-}} Groet! Frans