Re: diving into source code

[Henning Hraban Ramm <angerweit@gmx.net>]

Am Donnerstag, 20. Juni 2002 11:58 schrieb Kris Hermans:
> What are good documents to study, before actually diving into ConTeXt
> source? I'm already reading "a gentle introduction to TeX" (Michael Doob).
> Is this enough or is there better material around?

If you really like to understand TeX, you should read Donald Knuth's TeXbook.
But you may not. ;-)

> What I don't find in the ConTeXt manuals, is documentation on how to make
> interactive, screen based documents and what are good strategies for

Oh, maybe you need glasses? ;-)
Look after "Widgets" or "Presentations".

And maybe you'd like to have a look at my presentations (see link below); 
they're all in german, but the code is english. ;-) Fetch "fiee-source.zip".

> producing different versions (screen/print/questions/answers/...) from the
> same base document.

That's easy:

\startmode[handout]
This should not go to the screen.
\stopmode

\startmode[screen]
This will not print
\stopmode

\startnotmode[handout]
If you use many modes you can make exclosures.
\stopnotmode

TeX such with "texexec --mode=handout" etc.

Grüßlis vom Hraban!
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