From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/20391 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthias Weber Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Context, LaTeX, or an XML for academic writing? Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:03:41 -0500 Message-ID: <48aded54f50912bb645aefed16a6cb80@indiana.edu> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116302635 31146 80.91.229.2 (17 May 2005 04:03:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 04:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue May 17 06:03:45 2005 Return-path: 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 1DXtIg-0004Uf-Uc for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2005 06:03:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7936C127EA; Tue, 17 May 2005 06:03:53 +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 07406-05; Tue, 17 May 2005 06:03:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E46B127DD; Tue, 17 May 2005 06:03:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB50A127DD for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 06:03:45 +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 07430-05 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 06:03:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from plounts.uits.indiana.edu (plounts.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.73]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EDD6127D7 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 06:03:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-relay.iu.edu (logchain.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.77]) by plounts.uits.indiana.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/IUPO) with ESMTP id j4H43dPb020991; Mon, 16 May 2005 23:03:40 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.2] (dial-126-14.dial.indiana.edu [156.56.126.14]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail-relay.iu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10/IUPO) with ESMTP id j4H43ag3002748 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 16 May 2005 23:03:39 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: Original-To: Tobias Wolf , mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:20391 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:20391 Hi Tobias, here is my recommendation: Ask somebody in your field who is really good at TeX for the LaTeX sources of his/her thesis, and use them as templates. Spend as little time as possible thinking about layout and as much as you can about content. You only will have the energy to strive for excellence in layout after you have had the satisfaction of creating content worthy of it. There are also more worldly considerations: To preserve content, it helps if the content is written in a well-supported, rarely changing format. For instance, the arxiv preprint server currently accepts among TeX dialects only TeX/LaTeX/AMSTeX/AMSLaTeX but not ConTeXt (you could submit PDF, though). Also, if you ever write a joint paper, chances are high that you'll use LaTeX. Even though I have been using ConTeXt now for over a year for my personal projects, I am almost forced to use LaTeX for collaboration and journal publication. Hope that helps, Matthias On May 14, 2005, at 7:45 AM, Tobias Wolf wrote: > Dear NTG-context denizens, > > today I went to work to make up my mind about whether it would be a > good idea to go ahead and produce my BSc. Thesis with ConTeXt. > It's clear, I'm very much attracted to it's approach, I do like the > syntax and the focus on PDF output (I never used DVI before) et cetera > pp. > This is my first post to the list and I'm happy that CB just > formulated my main requirements. The hard contraints are certainly 2, > 3 and 5. > I've seen Hrabans' ciee juxtaposition of ConTeXt and LaTeX, and after > searching the list I am not sure whether going for a KOMA class > wouldn't be better considering that I definitely don't have time > develop my own ConTeXt environment this time. > > I've also seen the MS thesis of Han The Thanh. It's good. But I would > need something more suited for natural sciences that accomodates > plenty of figures and references. Also I would like to "cloak" my > thesis by avoiding Computer Modern. > > Do ready-made "academic templates" by one of you experts exist - or > do you dissuade me from "just using" ConTeXt for for writing academic > literature? > > - Tobias > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context