From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/15738 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Willi Egger Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re: A few questions regarding ConTeXt Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:05:06 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: <40FFE5B2.4060200@boede.nl> References: <06DC60A4186F0D47A52DAC5A5D09A8CB01499989@se-mail2> <40FFDE14.4070204@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1090512538 23139 80.91.224.253 (22 Jul 2004 16:08:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:08:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Jul 22 18:08:33 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bng7U-0005D4-00 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:08:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E3612777; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:08:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08169-04; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:08:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C5412771; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:05:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E0A12771 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:05:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08169-02 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:05:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (unknown [194.109.24.28]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E90B81276F for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:05:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [192.168.0.1] (a80-126-172-1.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.126.172.1]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6MG5795032133 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:05:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from w.egger@boede.nl) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 (Windows/20040616) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <40FFDE14.4070204@wxs.nl> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:15738 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:15738 Hi, I use ConTeXt sinds a couple of years now. In the meantime I made up different books and would like to stress, that there is hardly anything I can not achieve with this system. Most issues can be addressed with options(parameters). There is a very active mailing list available and there are plenty of knowlegeable and smart users out there. I would suggest that you indeed go for ConTeXt you will not regret this step. Kind regards Willi Egger Hans Hagen Outside wrote: > Broberg, Mats wrote: > >> Dear Sir, >> >> For some time now, I have been looking for suitable software solutions >> for my publication projects. The projects are mainly books up to 500-750 >> pages, with alot of figures, CMYK, solid PMS or lineart images, cross >> references, several series of margin notes and footnotes, drop caps, >> list of figures, indices, tables of contents etc. >> >> I have never used TeX or any of the wide array of macro packages, but I >> know from having read about it that it can solve many of my publication >> problems - and with a very high level of typographic quality too (which >> is important to me). Initially, I was looking closely at using LaTeX - >> mainly due to the fact that it is so widely used and has a vast number >> of packages for the functions I need - but when coming across your site, >> I think that ConTeXt may fit the bill better, since it seems to be >> designed in a more parameter-driven way. >> >> However, judging from the documentation on your site, some features that >> I have read about in LaTeX - such as drop caps, complex headers, cross >> references, several series of footnotes etc (i.e. the packages >> "lettrine", "fancyhdr", "varioref" and "ledmac") - don't seem to be >> available in ConTeXt. >> >> I assume packages like these can not be used "out of the box" when using >> ConTeXt, but that one needs to have someone create new packages? >> >> > I'm a bit in a hurry (need to give a workshop at the practical tex > conference). > > The features you mentioned are present in the core system, often > providing more features; opposite to latex, where you need packages, > context has all things built in. > > More information can be get from the rather active context mailing list. > I cc the mail to there, so that others can confirm this > > Hans > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context