From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/28841 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Newbie questions Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:31:27 +0200 Message-ID: <449EBA5F.8090301@wxs.nl> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151253117 12651 80.91.229.2 (25 Jun 2006 16:31:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:31:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Jun 25 18:31:55 2006 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 ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuXWT-00073w-9K for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:31:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E376127DB; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:31:45 +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 00627-06-3; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:31:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 856C3127BF; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:31:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5642F127BF for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:31:36 +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 00627-06-2 for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:31:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 7809C12784 for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:31:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 23543 for ; Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:31:34 +0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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:28841 Archived-At: Thomas Moore wrote: > The Six Ideas texts (first edition) were typeset as AppleWorks > drawings, if you can believe it. To go to the third edition, I have > to migrate to something more modern -- either InDesign or something > TeX-based. Problems with figure and equation references, indexing > issues, and inconsistent styles were driving me crazy with > AppleWorks, and many of these problems would persist in InDesign. I > have also been having difficulty setting up mathematics in a > satisfactory way. On the other hand, I am a very visual thinker, and > I don't remember commands well, so even ConTexT (which seems a lot > simpler than LaTeX) is a big stretch for me. We will see... > it's a stepwise process - first set up a basic page style (next time in a big bookshop i'll take a look at the series) and set up a font; that way you get an idea how well things will fit - then develop the structure + associated style mapping while writing (or converting) ask yourself: - do i need to render this differently - do i get the feeling that i enter too much code if so, then add structure This is how context itself evolved (after all, it was written in an educational context where structure, reuse etc is important). Just don't try to make up the style at the beginning, polishing it every now and then is a nice distraction. Also, using metapost for the graphics is fun in itself (and may save you lots of time). 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------