From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/53640 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan BRASLAU Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Page Numbering Hell Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:39:13 +0200 Organization: CEA DSM-IRAMIS-SPEC Message-ID: <200910231139.13412.alan.braslau@cea.fr> References: <51CAD0CE1504444DBE77CBBE51A0135D6CE2B0@slcmail.slc.mew.int> <4C80A4C0-DBD4-4B7C-A9CB-A16265F22462@uni-bonn.de> <51CAD0CE1504444DBE77CBBE51A0135D039292@slcmail.slc.mew.int> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1256456884 5318 80.91.229.12 (25 Oct 2009 07:48:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:48:04 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Oct 25 08:47:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N1xpU-0002En-Tv for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:47:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E4B0C9D1B; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:44:24 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id cgTUBLEHO6YT; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:44:20 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17A75C9C40; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:42:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69301C9A70 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:58:38 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id XSi4WNz4SCIi for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:58:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from cirse-out.extra.cea.fr (cirse-out.extra.cea.fr [132.166.172.106]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB60AC9A63 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:58:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from epeire2.extra.cea.fr (epeire2.extra.cea.fr [132.167.198.32]) by cirse.extra.cea.fr (8.14.2/8.14.2/CEAnet-Internet-out-2.0) with ESMTP id n9N9cvv4014463 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:57 +0200 Original-Received: from orpin2.extra.cea.fr (orpin2.extra.cea.fr [132.167.198.5]) by epeire2.extra.cea.fr (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n9N9cvqg011238 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:57 +0200 (envelope-from alan.braslau@cea.fr) Original-Received: from iram-hb-003386.localnet (iram-hb-003386.extra.cea.fr [132.166.20.134]) by orpin2.extra.cea.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8/CEAnet-Intranet-out-1.1) with ESMTP id n9N9cuWm000444 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:56 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.2 (Linux/2.6.30; KDE/4.3.2; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <51CAD0CE1504444DBE77CBBE51A0135D039292@slcmail.slc.mew.int> X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:53640 Archived-At: On Friday 23 October 2009 10:30:09 Bryant Eastham wrote: > Yes, I had looked at all the examples that I could find, I had checked the > many references, and could not find documentation on most of the routines > that current postings seem to indicate should be used. With the further > pointers I have received I will try again, and post my results. As has been clearly pointed out by this exchange: - ConTeXt MKII is very stable and is pretty well documented. - ConTeXt MKIV is a working system, but is not quite as stable. It is under active development, and this mailing list is principally active concerning this development. It is therefore quite appropriate that current postings turn around features that are not (yet) as well documented as stable MKII. So you should not be surprised to find that the use of "cutting edge" technology gives many exciting new functionality, but one must be willing to put up with some rough edges. This is why, for example, the Debian project has very appropriately named its releases "stable", "testing" and "unstable" (as well as "experimental"). Unstable sometimes breaks, but usually this lasts only a couple of hours (occasionally a couple of days for less important problems). Alan P.S. I just spent several hours using Microsoft Word to edit a bunch of administrative documents. The task would have taken 10 minutes or so using ConTeXt and my usual tools (there were many repetitive edits). This was a *horrible* experience and I simply cannot fathom how one can be satisfied with such a work tool! (Here, I had no choice.) ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________