From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/36112 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "George N. White III" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Learning ConTeXt Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:52:59 -0300 Message-ID: <22af238a0708200652y2576904ak38cf926c6fecfe76@mail.gmail.com> References: <46C96BC4.6020302@gmail.com> <20070820114842.GA7666@apcc21.net> 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: sea.gmane.org 1187618021 25658 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2007 13:53:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:53:41 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Aug 20 15:53:36 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IN7hE-0001qV-AL for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC621202AE; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 09090-08-8; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4924E2026B; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE2D2026A for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 09090-08-7 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.230]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EABD920240 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id m7so579234nzf for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:53:00 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.115.32.1 with SMTP id k1mr2924094waj.1187617979301; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:52:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.14.12 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:52:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070820114842.GA7666@apcc21.net> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:36112 Archived-At: On 8/20/07, Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed wrote: > [...] > And then there is the wiki: > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net Highly recommended. > I think the best way to learn is by trying to make the document you want > in ConTeXt and asking questions to the mailing list when you cannot figure out > how to do it. Another strategy is to find a document that can serve as a template for what you need. The wiki provides examples of fragments to do a particular task, and there are lots of examples of complete documents available, including the pdftex manual and various slide presentations. > * Istvan Hollerbach [2007-08-20 12:24:04 +0200]: > > > Hi Everybody, > > > > I want to learn ConTeXt, but 'cont-enp.pdf' and 'mp-cb-en.pdf' do not > > explain many things in detail, for example the parameters of command > > \setuplayout on the page 24 of cont-enp.pdf. Or am I careless? How shall > > I start to learn? And how shall I go on learning? > > > > Best regards, > > Istvan Hollerbach -- George N. White III Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________