From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/26299 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "John R. Culleton" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Manual Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:32:59 -0500 Organization: WexfordPress Message-ID: <200603101832.59483.john@wexfordpress.com> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142033905 9749 80.91.229.2 (10 Mar 2006 23:38:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Mar 11 00:38:20 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHrBT-0002xM-KO for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:38:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44318127B1; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:38:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08301-05; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:38:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62EEC1279E; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:36:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BA71279E for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:36:25 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08301-04 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:36:24 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 012CB1278E for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:36:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from 69-174-147-239.frdrmd.adelphia.net ([69.174.147.239]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060310233620.VSAY8442.mta10.adelphia.net@69-174-147-239.frdrmd.adelphia.net> for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:36:20 -0500 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:26299 Archived-At: On Friday 10 March 2006 13:29, Jeffrey Drake wrote: > I have heard a bit of talk about 'if the manual is updated' or some > such like that. I was going to have the manual printed in a book so I > have a hardcopy. Is the manual still current and relevant that it > would be worth it? > > - Jeff > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context The manual is five years old. the pattern has been to issue additional documentation rather than update the "big" manual. I printed mine out, have it in my manual rack, and it is getting worn out from use. You may as well print it out. I have not heard of a new edition pending. -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf