From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44929 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jeff Smith" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: PhD Thesis in ConTeXt Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:58:34 -0400 Message-ID: <2e8813a0810211158r9c2f864r9776630d4fb6239a@mail.gmail.com> References: 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: ger.gmane.org 1224615630 8018 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2008 19:00:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:00:30 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Oct 21 21:01:25 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1KsMTk-0006jZ-0s for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:01:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DBD71FBBA; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:00:06 +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 28704-02-3; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B04B51FB8C; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93FDC1FB57 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:59:12 +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 25146-03-9 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:58:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from el-out-1112.google.com (el-out-1112.google.com [209.85.162.176]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DBCA1FB8C for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:58:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id s27so567267ele.20 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.151.142.2 with SMTP id u2mr50558ybn.141.1224615514720; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.144.21 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:58:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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:44929 Archived-At: Hi, I will let the other, more experienced posters answer the bulk of your questions, as they will do better than I. But about Endnote, which I happen to use, alongside my own own doctoral dissertation writing under ConTeXt, I can share some of my experience. Although Endnote can export into BibTeX format, the result seems not to be directly usable by BibTeX. Not familiar at all with BibTeX and stuff in the beginning, I had look hard to find my answer, and I finally did with the following link, although it's in a different context: http://www.mackichan.com/index.html?techtalk/558.htm~mainFrame So I wrote a small Python program converting the keys that Endnote exports -- and now everything works like a charm. I have no idea what are your options, and what you are willing to do, but the bottom line is, there is a slight obstacle going from Endnote to BibTeX, despite appearances. Jeff On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 13:56, Piotr wrote: > Hello, > > I have spent some time with google in order to find an answer to the > following questions. Unfortunatly, I was not satisfied with the > answers, which I now hope to find here. > > It is my plan not to use the MS Office suite for the production of my > PhD thesis (in chemistry). I have used Miktex some years ago during my > studies for some project reports, and I remember beeing quite > satisfied with the results. My Master thesis, on the other hand, I > wrote in word.. and although I remember not having too many > difficulties, there were some nasty obstacles to be overcome. > Obstacles which I simply do not want to risk having repeated a second > time on a much bigger scale. > I this mailing list I read several reports of people who either had > written their thesis in Latex or ConTeXt. There was a mention of Latex > beeing designed for mathematic purposes, while ConTeXt was said to be > better suited for the intergration of graphics or larger/more complex > layout changes. > > 1) Finding the right context > For now I had quite some difficulties to find that proper Latex > distribution - a problem that actually led me to the existence of > ConTeXt. I am wondering which latex distribution I should choose in > order to work with ConTeXt? I am running Windows Vista (64-bit). Or is > there a ConTeXt stand alone package that will absolutely satisfy my me > in my needs? In principle, all I need is > > 2) The right editor > What is the preferred editor for ConTeXt? for such a project? Is there > any loss in functionality when using Texniccenter with ConTeXt than > with MikTex instead? > > 3) I have seen some thesis templates/examples in this mailinglist. Can > anyone point me to additional sources regarding the creation of a PhD > Thesis with ConTeXt? What is the advantage over Latex, what are the > disadvantages? Is there a win-win distribution somewhere on the table? > > 4) Has anyone used a typesetting suite like ContTeXt with CVS? > > 5) Is the ConTeXt reference system compatible with Endnote? > > Is there any point to have latex installed, when context can do the > trick? Or lets ask the devils advocate the other way around: What is > the point of installing context, when latex could do the trick? Apart > that I have to re-learn latex anyway.. what is better with Context? > > Regards, > > Piotr Jakubowicz > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________