From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/84528 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: john Culleton Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Feedback wanted on a ConTeXt tutorial Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 15:16:02 -0400 Organization: WexfordPress Message-ID: <20131002151602.7a4d023e@localb.wexfordpress.net> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380741366 3181 80.91.229.3 (2 Oct 2013 19:16:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 19:16:06 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Oct 02 21:16:11 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VRRu5-0005sl-Fs for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:16:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F3DD101EF; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:13:48 +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 b2effdV-ANV7; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:13:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 326BB101DE; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:13:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4FD101DE for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:13:44 +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 iBABMtCrXBF7 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:13:40 +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 EC16C10193 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:13:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [IPv6:2001:558:fe14:43:76:96:62:96]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r92JFvDG014169 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:15:58 +0200 Original-Received: from omta22.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.73]) by qmta09.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id YHHh1m0051ap0As59KFuet; Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:15:54 +0000 Original-Received: from localb.wexfordpress.net ([68.50.233.152]) by omta22.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id YKFt1m01L3HwwZ83iKFuk7; Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:15:54 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20121106; t=1380741354; bh=oy9Eo52YuXgphQAOA8q1gljXrPMNNJUSqtfVXG4cNKU=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mime-Version: Content-Type; b=Pflt75sPwxHLPd5DuYP0e/i+Yco6UTisQp4rzNif0+E/ktxFFmFE2yUGfcwHt2K+L qH4XCoSH96dgBsb1Adzw6XdrrKnB/zRxcn1cWwO4p4yt7P6zYHa+qtFT8a5C6uU8Uj YDjDhJB9nKD0CgKf0tBm8Xfd+mYkDIldq1pgqw7t4Cru6mlal5O11KI3HHi4IeKdVz MwJxidUWYIYby3a0BxTk21Bf/l8yuaujkh9H+ududdqd6saaNeXNQFBur/h7unQl6w EtXHsYeIONoXEZEL7kR9s/+mFe/eMLiaYrjM1pkDKlAPAJ9CLYq4dak6NJrtWf5BAZ 0qoLogQPZFFQw== X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=2001:558:fe14:43:76:96:62:96; country=US X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 03KwjfVNP - 6e8dcbd099fd - 20131002 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:84528 Archived-At: On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:22:02 +0300 Mari Voipio wrote: > Hello! > > Inspired by some informal discussions at the recent ConTeXt meeting I > started to write a *really* basic ConTeXt tutorial. However, before I > get further than the first six chapters, I'd like to get feedback on > it, especially on the content, but also on the layout. The file is (at > least temporarily) available at > . > > I know already that there are a few things missing in the existing > chapters, but I'd like to know if the document is any good and if the > style is suitable for such a document. I've planned and written it out > of my own experiences with ConTeXt, so maybe this document could > become a My Way doc when it is finished (something public domain > anyway). > > > Thank you, > > Mari > Thus far you have a good effort. I would add at an early point the command: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location=] or similar. Most documents like books etc. are printed double sided. And page numbering is generally handled in the header. It is not obvious to newbies that double sided format is set up by a page numbering command. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________