Re: using mag and "myway"

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Pau wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am worried because I would like to use mag-01 to write a document and
> then upload it to the arxiv.org. Of course, I have a title for the document and
> I would like to use it instead of having "My Way" written in the front page
> (which nobody would understand)
> 
> I see that
> 
> -------------------------
> %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is
> %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for
> %C details.
> -------------------------
> 
> I found this file on the net.  at
> 
> www.tug.org/teTeX/tetex-texmfdist/doc/context/base/mreadme.pdf
> 
> I see that it is (basically?) GPL.
> 
> Ok... now, in mag-01 I read that:
> 
> % This style is used for producing explanationary documents.
> % Don't misuse it for other purposes, since it may confuse
> % users. Don't change the title either, since it provides a
> % way to categorize documents. Numbers are disabled in
> % instances produced outside PRAGMA ADE.
> 
> "Don't change the title either"
> 
> ?!?!
> 
> and
> 
> % These are reserved for PRAGMA-ADE, don't use them yourself!
> 
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=Tricky]
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=Update]
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=HOWTO]
> 
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=This Way]      % preludes to a/the manual
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=A Better Way]  % dirty versus clean
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=No Way]        % how users should not do
> % it
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=Your Way]      % how users do it
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=My Way]        % how users do it
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=Our Way]       % how we do things at
> % pragma
> % \setvariables[magazine][main=Their Way]     % how to do latex things
> % in context
> 
> 
> What does this mean? Am I free to use the style but forced to write
> "My Way" on the top of
> it? Cannot I modify mag-01.tex, rename it to something which do not
> lead to confusion (say "JourDiffTitle.tex") and -of course leaving the
> comments there- use it as I want?
> 
> Are the example tex files under the gpl or cannot one modify them?

it's just that we don't want confusion .. a context user expects a 
myway/yourway to be a kind of manual

so, if you use one of the reserved titles, then it should preferaby be a 
kind of manual thing; often these end up on the garden or alongside modules

i have no problem if you create a document using another title

at the top of your document you can change the title using \setvariables 
so there is no real reason for a copy

Hans



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