Re: new to ConTeXt

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

� wrote:
> I guess I can mix ConTeXt and XML with the eXaMpLe framework (I have
> just read about it at wiki.contextgarden.net). In order to understand
> TEI and ConTeXt, I would like to be able to create the files that will
> be able to compile an TEI XML document with ConTeXt  without having to
> convert it to ConTeXt. I would like to avoid XSL and XSL-FO. I guess it
>   
Context can process XML directly, and for normal docs the related 
testing and programming features are ok; complex tree transformation can 
best be doen with xslt (luatex may change this); there is an xsl-fo 
processing available in context but i wonder if it has ever been used 
for serious work; fo is not that suited for quality typesetting and the 
regular machinery in context is producing better result and faster too
> should be something similar DocbookInConTeXt, but I don't know whether
> it uses the eXaMplE framework (I don't even know whether .
>   
the example framework is some ongoing experiment with web related 
tex/xml things; you don't need that, just stick to the built in xml 
handler (as described in example.pdf, but more extensive examples can be 
found in the x-*.tex files in the distribution
> Could anyone comment on this topic? I mean, whether the described task
> could be achieved with ConTeXt, which issues may arise, whether this is
> the best approach to the issue, whether I miss something, and so on.
>   
most of the projects we run at pragma involve xml -> pdf processing; 
using a dedicated dtd works most convenient

using tei is ok, as long as you stick to structural elements and keep 
away from layour-related coding

Hans


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