From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/68813 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: newbie questions Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:27:47 +0200 Message-ID: <20110531182747.1dfc6ad5@glyph> References: <605468.90694.qm@web24818.mail.ird.yahoo.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 1306859300 31348 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2011 16:28:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 16:28:20 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue May 31 18:28:15 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 1QRRnj-0006me-2A for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D07EECACE5; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:14 +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 dgm5xVyHWrKO; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4654CCAD23; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 914CCCAD23 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:07 +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 Re7gX70ouxIz for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2304CCACE5 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p4VGS2si012237 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:02 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QRRnV-0006e9-KR for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:01 +0200 Original-Received: from miun105-109.dynamic.miun.se ([193.10.105.109]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:01 +0200 Original-Received: from netuse by miun105-109.dynamic.miun.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 18:28:01 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 58 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: miun105-109.dynamic.miun.se X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.22.0; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=80.91.229.12; country=NO; latitude=62.0000; longitude=10.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=62.0000,10.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0cEOgs2xQ - 7d19a59ad521 - 20110531 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 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:68813 Archived-At: On 2011-05-31 "Sanja C." wrote: > a) Is the ConTeXt project alive? Yes > The newest PDF documentation I could find seems to be > from 2007; most of it is dated 2003 or older. http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf is from 2011-03-25 > b) Do you think that ConTeXt is an appropriate tool for > the use case I described (be honest please ;-)),and > easy enough to learn for someone with almost no > TeX experience? The requirements are: - Support for > elaborate, colorful, graphics-heavy design, which I > would preferably create in Inkscape and then export as > vector graphics (or port to ConTeXt's own graphics > language) as necessary. Context is well suited for good typography and technical graphics. It's maybe not the perfect tool for DTP like magazines with very fancy layout. However it's no problem to include the graphics you create with inkscape, etc. Check http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-s.pdf for graphics related stuff. > - Ability to write a style *once* (with reasonable > effort), and "outsource" it to an external file (or > files), so that for each new release of the newsletter, > only a simple content TeX file (or files) with minimal > amount of markup is required (which e.g. even a > non-tech-savvy writer/editor could edit) Yes > - Ability to easily include pictures in the content, > and let the typesetting engine automatically position > them (either in the main text area with text floating > around them, or in special margin areas). Yes > c) Are there any full-featured examples of design-heavy > booklets/magazines/etc created with ConTeXt., for which > the full source code is publicly available? I don't know about magazines created with ConTeXt. But you can check the manuals at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Official_ConTeXt_Documentation there's also a link to the sources. Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________