From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/57528 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter =?utf-8?Q?M=C3=BCnster?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: docs (was: Re: Microtype in ConTeXt) Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:02 +0100 Message-ID: <20100327200402.GA24003@gaston.couberia.bzh> References: <54d7f5601003271043h1b9d0a4dxcfbdc45eddda5b3e@mail.gmail.com> 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: dough.gmane.org 1269720256 31775 80.91.229.12 (27 Mar 2010 20:04:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:04:16 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Mar 27 21:04:12 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvcEu-0004rs-1e for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73FCCC9C7C; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:10 +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 V7y1F3AI9D8Z; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0654AC9CF6; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD554C9CF6 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:05 +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 5EAmN2jkeyr3 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp2e.orange.fr (smtp2e.orange.fr [80.12.242.113]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98BCEC9C7C for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf2e27.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 3A03C80001D8 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf2e27.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 2D7BA800031C for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from gaston.couberia.bzh (ARennes-551-1-13-57.w92-129.abo.wanadoo.fr [92.129.124.57]) by mwinf2e27.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 0250A80001D8 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:03 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20100327200403963.0250A80001D8@mwinf2e27.orange.fr Original-Received: by gaston.couberia.bzh (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 72EB1301D9; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:04:02 +0100 (CET) Mail-Followup-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54d7f5601003271043h1b9d0a4dxcfbdc45eddda5b3e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) 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:57528 Archived-At: On Sat, Mar 27 2010, Michael Saunders wrote: > Notice that Yan Zhou isn't complaining that the docs are old. Our > problem is that they are sketchy and rambling, bits and pieces of this > and that without any systematic explanations. Often they are just > some unexplained code samples that communicate nothing (unless you > happen to be the guy who invented the language). I can't think of > one command that is fully explained along with all its possible > parameters. The wiki is better written, but even less complete. It > might not be possible to do better, but this is a huge obstacle to > anyone who actually wants to use ConTeXt. The docs hint at a lot of > features that sound better than LaTeX, but actually getting them to > work is a different story. Hello Michael, See also here: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100308.123128.f65942c8.en.html Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________