From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/65269 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Arthur Reutenauer Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: ConTeXt does not execute MetaPost (in debian experimental) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:56:01 +0000 Message-ID: <20110114215601.GO32354@phare.normalesup.org> References: <4D2B51A2.7090600@nibua-r.org> <20110111050011.GE18818@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20110112011544.GA11967@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> <20110114212918.GA16779@khaled-laptop> 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 1295042184 25869 80.91.229.12 (14 Jan 2011 21:56:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:56:24 +0000 (UTC) To: Mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Jan 14 22:56:20 2011 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 1Pdrd5-0003UD-91 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 874B8CAA14; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:18 +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 HOOK6cMLjxnG; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F312CA9B8; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF8FCA9B8 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:14 +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 0odpNOELgk-Y for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:03 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD8CCA975 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nef2.ens.fr (nef2.ens.fr [129.199.96.40]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p0ELu208002766 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:02 +0100 Original-Received: from phare.normalesup.org (phare.normalesup.org [129.199.129.80]) by nef2.ens.fr (8.13.6/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id p0ELu1aG019677 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:02 +0100 (CET) X-Envelope-To: Original-Received: by phare.normalesup.org (Postfix, from userid 1008) id B9047BC247; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:01 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110114212918.GA16779@khaled-laptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.1.4 (nef2.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]); Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:56:02 +0100 (CET) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.5 (Score 0, tokens from: ) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=129.199.96.40; country=FR; region=A8; city=Paris; latitude=48.8667; longitude=2.3333; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.8667,2.3333&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0rDTxU2hm - 5b45634e272d - 20110114 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 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:65269 Archived-At: >> Is there any hope that context will become a replacement of latex? > > I don't think this have been a goal. Maybe Jonas means that for *some* particular users, ConTeXt could be a replacement for LaTeX, and that we could, for example, use it to introduce newcomers to TeX-based typesetting systems. Other than that, I agree with you. Arthur ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________