From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/26334 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers) Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Manual or Book Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:52:31 +0100 Message-ID: <20060313225231.GB29071@gpm.stappers.nl> References: <200603101832.59483.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1620096053==" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142291152 20686 80.91.229.2 (13 Mar 2006 23:05:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:05:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Mar 14 00:05:50 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 1FIw2p-0000v0-BX for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:01:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9790127D0; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:01:40 +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 16912-05; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:01:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB3CE127C4; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:01:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73839127C4 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:01:18 +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 17089-03 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:01:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from gpm.stappers.nl (gpm.stappers.nl [213.84.119.166]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 7438D127C3 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:01:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by gpm.stappers.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 89B18794B5; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:52:31 +0100 (CET) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <200603101832.59483.john@wexfordpress.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i 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:26334 Archived-At: --===============1620096053== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Bf1m62tZozKFsi1s" Content-Disposition: inline --Bf1m62tZozKFsi1s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 06:32:59PM -0500, John R. Culleton wrote: > 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? > > >=20 > The manual is five years old. the pattern has been to issue > additional documentation rather than update the "big" manual.=20 > I printed mine out, have it in my manual rack, and it is getting > worn out from use.=20 Worn out from use is one of the better things that can happen to a manual. > You may as well print it out. > I have not heard of a new edition pending. =20 Mmmm, I'm also looking for a printed edition of the ConTeXt manual. Does this ML have publishers subscribed that have some VC to burn? Or does see someone else see a possibilty for a ConTeXt book? Geert Stappers --Bf1m62tZozKFsi1s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEFfevOSINbgwa/7sRAqtcAJ9/91XxsGmfM1lMAGJn93gRIhVzngCgxgrz TeZg00HWzqjg28icysF1lRw= =81vF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Bf1m62tZozKFsi1s-- --===============1620096053== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context --===============1620096053==--