From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/74213 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philipp Gesang Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: =?utf-8?q?What=E2=80=99s_your_favorite_command=3F?= Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0100 Message-ID: <20120131151459.GA20013@phlegethon> References: <8C8A3349-532E-4F2B-A6CF-0A928EB021B2@googlemail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1716148094==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1328022919 9011 80.91.229.3 (31 Jan 2012 15:15:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:19 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Jan 31 16:15:19 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RsFQQ-0004S1-00 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F2ECB25C; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:13 +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 fjrtmUE6f4xP; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B626FCB24B; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:06 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AC27CB24B for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:05 +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 RzRAhheoABJX for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter5-til.mf.surf.net (filter5-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.221]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2153DCB248 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by filter5-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id q0VFEqEY003603 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:53 +0100 Original-Received: from ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (cyrus-portal.urz.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.176]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0VFEq3v002020 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:52 +0100 Original-Received: from extmail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (extmail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.140]) by ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0VFEqTa031688 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (dslb-188-110-096-211.pools.arcor-ip.net [188.110.96.211]) (authenticated bits=0) by extmail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q0VFEoBN002426 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:51 +0100 Mail-Followup-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <8C8A3349-532E-4F2B-A6CF-0A928EB021B2@googlemail.com> X-Operating-System: Linux phlegethon 3.2.2-1-ARCH X-Polite-Request: "Please try to be nice, don't send html mail." User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=129.206.210.211; country=DE; region=01; city=Heidelberg; latitude=49.4167; longitude=8.7000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49.4167,8.7000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0HGsfeRf0 - 1fb902b91211 - 20120131 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.221 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:74213 Archived-At: --===============1716148094== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv" Content-Disposition: inline --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-01-30 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non= regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of = commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functiona= lity). Hi Wolfgang & Others, my favorite feature maybe neither a command nor a macro as such: I=E2=80=99m especially fond of one =E2=80=9Clinguistic=E2=80=9D feature tha= t makes Context source code easily readable: the (often repeated) =E2=80=9Cdo=E2=80= =9D prefix and =E2=80=9Cindeed=E2=80=9D suffix in macro names. This way the maj= ority of macros are to a certain extent self-descriptive, their names carrying a hint about the current nesting depth and the number of steps already executed before the macro itself is encountered. A crude scripted scan of the directory context/tex/texmf-context/tex/contex= t/base/ reveals the longest prefixed macro name to be =E2=80=9C\dofinishregisterstructurepageregister=E2=80=9D (not yet underscorified), and the longest suffixed one =E2=80=9C\syst_helpers_inspect_next_parenthesis_character_indeed=E2=80= =9D. Finally, the macro =E2=80=9C\dododododoGTC=E2=80=9D has the most =E2=80=9Cdo=E2=80=9D prefixes of all. I hereby declare these three my favorite macros, although I never read their definitions, let alone used them. Thanks for the clarity Philipp PS: Anybody fond of =E2=80=9C\@EAEAEAEAEAEA=E2=80=9D? > As I started this thread I=E2=80=99ll present my favorite command which i= s \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it= =E2=80=99s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt=E2=80=99s coding style (especial= ly with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. >=20 > Wolfgang > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to= the Wiki! >=20 > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-co= ntext > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ --=20 () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk8oBXMACgkQ02lYlJYWs9JgwgCggl79DSn7Yh60ix8fGuQkaJha N/AAoJzt/1oR4IFeOQjWWVPIGvwgElxi =scNs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv-- --===============1716148094== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ --===============1716148094==--