Re: Listing of typical beginner-questions

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

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2007/3/30, Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>:
>
> Am 2007-03-29 um 20:56 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
>
> >
> >> Q: Where to put the commands that apply to the whole document? Is
> >> there
> >> a 'preferred sectioning' of a Context source?
> >> A:
> >
> > You should use \environment's:
> > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Project_structure
>
> Not always, makes sense only for multi-file projects.
> For simple documents, just place your setups before \starttext
>
> >> Q: What is the equivalent of the Latex \begin{thebibliography}
> >> environment?
> >> A:
>
> What *does* the LaTeX environment? (Same for every "like in LaTeX"
> question - here are not a lot of LaTeX users...)


It is something like this

\startitemize
\item[reference] Describtion of your bibiography
\stopitemize

I found something done by a user in a old Maps article:

http://maps.aanhet.net/maps/pdf/27_14.pdf

I don't why one should us this mothod and not the one provided by Tacos bib
module:

http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/t-bib/doc/context/bib/bibmod-doc.pdf

Wolfgang

>> Q: How can I define a fancy page numbering (i.e. large and coloured
> >> number)?
> >> A:
>
> some hints here:
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Headers_and_Footers
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Chapters_headers
>
> but you're right, a page about pagination is missing
>
> >> Q: How to make sure that numbers in a column align correctly, for
> >> example:
> >> 9400
> >>    60
> >>   100
> >>     3
> >> Inserting ~ works fine when using a proportional font. An extra
> >> difficulty occurs when the figures should be centered below the
> >> heading
> >> of the column.
> >> A:
>
> There are several different kinds of tables, each uses other setups
> for right-aligned columns.
> see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview
>
> NEVER use spaces (or ~) for alignment! (That's a very bad typewriter
> habit!)
>
>
>
> Greetlings from Lake Constance!
> Hraban
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