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Frans Goddijn wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Willi, for this link! I've looked it over and on
> first sight it impresses me with its clarity and at the same
> time it intimidates me to see how immensely complicated it
> is... It's like reading a very well designed book about high
> maths, the pages seem to say "look, this is simple and fun!"
> but when I read the actual text I can't unserstand a single
> line :=)

Like most things (I'm not sure about General Relativity) this is not
complicated once you've been through it. I am learning about ConTeXt
right now and am putting the examples on the web page as soon as I have
something to share. This is the best time to document technical
procedures: when the memory of bewilderment is still fresh. 

I posted a "help a beginner, please" message about a month ago and
received much assistance from Hans Hagen, Giuseppe Bilotta, George White
and others. The web page, apart from documenting my procedures for my
own use, is an expression of gratitude and an attempt to pass on the
favor.

I am putting time into this because I am starting a book publishing
company and TeX is my chosen typesetting tool. (I have the time because
I'm unemployed!)

I just added a typography section to the web page, which includes
material on hanging punctuation, etc:

http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html.

-Bill