From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/34545 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Buchanan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Which manual for basic drawing? Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 12:39:51 +1000 Message-ID: <46394B77.2070002@internode.on.net> References: <46373EE1.6050700@internode.on.net> <46382D46.5020300@internode.on.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178160023 14641 80.91.229.12 (3 May 2007 02:40:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 02:40:23 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu May 03 04:40:21 2007 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HjREx-00007G-Fu for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 04:40:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 958EE1FF93; Thu, 3 May 2007 04:40:18 +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 20727-03-7; Thu, 3 May 2007 04:40:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EADF51FF5E; Thu, 3 May 2007 04:40:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B97071FF5E for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 04:40:07 +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 20727-03-6 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 04:40:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.internode.on.net (bld-mail01.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.65]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD9BC1FF51 for ; Thu, 3 May 2007 04:40:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.1.1.2] (unverified [59.167.18.37]) by mail.internode.on.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 278625030-1927428 for ; Thu, 03 May 2007 12:09:58 +0930 (CST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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:34545 Archived-At: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Official_ConTeXt_Documentation#General_Manuals > > A real-life book on ConTeXt is still needed however. The manuals are a bit > rough around the edges... > > Best > Idris I haven't found the general manuals to be all that useful, since running the commands to get a basic "hello, world" page didn't work (but then again, it was probably my fault. I suspect I didn't install it correctly). I'll follow the installation instructions and start again from scratch to see if I get anywhere. Best, James ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________