From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/15512 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Maurice Diamantin Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re: ConTeXt-Wiki Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:24:25 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <43DEE2EE-C510-11D8-972E-000A9595B57C@ensta.fr> References: <6.1.1.1.2.20040601200608.01eb9640@server-1> <20040622161300.GA5608@swordfish> <34371.80.58.5.46.1087924408.squirrel@bitmail.bitmailer.com> <0D45B077-C4DA-11D8-972E-000A9595B57C@ensta.fr> <40D944A4.5030402@gmx.de> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v618) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087993855 23938 80.91.224.253 (23 Jun 2004 12:30:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:30:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Maurice Diamantin Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Wed Jun 23 14:30:36 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bd6tf-0006j5-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:30:35 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CB0010B54; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:30:30 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from ns1.ensta.fr (ns1.ensta.fr [147.250.10.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08FFA10B45 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:27:33 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from ensta.ensta.fr (ensta.ensta.fr [147.250.1.1]) by ns1.ensta.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEEAD8DBB7 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:27:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [147.250.33.133] (mac-oc1 [147.250.33.133]) by ensta.ensta.fr (8.11.6/9.11.6) with ESMTP id i5NCRVO13310; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 14:27:31 +0200 In-Reply-To: <40D944A4.5030402@gmx.de> Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.618) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:15512 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:15512 Le 23 juin 04, =E0 10:51, Tobias Burnus a =E9crit : > Maurice Diamantin wrote: > >> - how about ConTeXt future (why it is not open source?) > > Well, ConTeXt is regarded as opensource. OK, probably I looked at this file too long ago. I agree ConTeXt is now Open source. But as Open Source, I also (by mistake) mean a SourceForge projet from which: - an **unique** starting URL. - dated version would be available, - current official documentation (I didn't mean=20 "documentationsssssssssss") - access (via links) to to any other information (pragma, wiki, ...) >> - which/where is the reference documentation >> (don't reply with some recursive answer!) > > Hmm, the problem is that the documentation is* notoriously outdated=20 > and incomplete. > But I think the "ConTeXt - the manual" is rather good though=20 > incomplete. > * Yes I agree that "ConTeXt - the manual" is **the** currently reference manual. As such, it should probably be a more or less maintained an uptodate (but not as other said "uptodate" context documents :-) version. >> - how many euro poeple would pay for a reference >> ConTeXt book? > > You mean a printed version of the revised/enhanced "ConTeXt - a=20 > manual"? Yes! I know that it's a big work to maintain such a documentation, and probably (?), even Hans should eat some food (and sleep) from time to time! So if this work could be sell as a "ConTeXt book". I think it could make a great difference for peoples who hesitate to switch from LaTeX to ConTeXt : no book available for now! This book could be reedited perhaps every 2 years, and updates (and perhaps the book itself ?) could be made available on the web. I agree there is much less ConText user than LaTeX user, but: - this book whould be the only ConTeXt book available, so it should be easy to sell, - the fact that there is a ConTeXt book should make ConTeXt more attractive (as for a SourceForge projet) -- Maurice