A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Joaquín Ataz López]

Hello to all:

Two months ago I informed to the list that I had written an introduction 
in Spanish to ConTeXt Mark IV. This interested several people, and in 
order to increase their potential audience, a member of this list 
(native English speaker) has proceeded to translate my text into English.

It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at 
all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with the 
fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt.

As for the English translation, I have made some small changes to the 
Spanish version, so anyone who understands Spanish and prefers to read 
it in its original language can download the new version:

Both versions are available at the following links

- Spanish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_esp.pdf

- Engilish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf

Soon I will send both texts, with their source files, to the 
documentation section of the CTAN repository.


-- 
Joaquín Ataz López
Derecho Civil
Universidad de Murcia

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Saša Janiška]

On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 10:45:00 +0100
Joaquín Ataz López <jal@um.es> wrote:

Hiya Joaquín,

> It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at 
> all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with
> the fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt.

Well, I'm the one who (desperately) need it and I'm delighted. :-D

Thanks a lot for providing such a wonderful "introduction" popularizing ConTeXt!!


Sincerely,
Gour


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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Garulfo]

@Joaquín + english translator : many thanks for this great and useful 
contribution to ConTeXt community dev. Impressive.

Being interested into contributing to a french version, what would be 
your prefered way ?

In oct 2020, a message proposed to create a GitHub/GitLab repository (or 
even organization) for this so that anybody can help translating it into 
other languages:
https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2020/099789.html




Le 03/01/2021 à 11:32, Saša Janiška a écrit :
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 10:45:00 +0100
> Joaquín Ataz López <jal@um.es> wrote:
> 
> Hiya Joaquín,
> 
>> It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at
>> all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with
>> the fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt.
> 
> Well, I'm the one who (desperately) need it and I'm delighted. :-D
> 
> Thanks a lot for providing such a wonderful "introduction" popularizing ConTeXt!!
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Gour
> 
> 
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 15:37, Garulfo wrote:
>
> In oct 2020, a message proposed to create a GitHub/GitLab repository (or
> even organization) for this so that anybody can help translating it into
> other languages:
> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2020/099789.html

If you want to see it under
    https://github.com/contextgarden/
just propose the repository name and list the usernames for those who
should initially have access.

Mojca
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/3/2021 5:42 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 15:37, Garulfo wrote:
>>
>> In oct 2020, a message proposed to create a GitHub/GitLab repository (or
>> even organization) for this so that anybody can help translating it into
>> other languages:
>> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2020/099789.html
> 
> If you want to see it under
>      https://github.com/contextgarden/
> just propose the repository name and list the usernames for those who
> should initially have access.
also because that would fit well into the plans for a bunch of context 
related repositories

Hans

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Garulfo]

Hi all,

I saw that Mojca created a directory
https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context

Joaquín, if you agree, and if
- you provide me with the spanish + english source codes
- Mojca provide you and me with github write access (garulfogb account)

i could :
1/ push the current code
2/ start to write a github wiki page (+ link on contextgarden) to describe :
- for you : how to update from your own computer (the official source)
- for any user : how to use git to get the source + link to this list 
for discussion.

Does anybody has a guide about "how to set up a documentation 
translation project with git ?".
One requirement will probably to define how propositions are officially 
validated. Does it requires Joaquín to learn how to use git ? Can we 
just work by sending files (or patches) to Joaquín who will update with 
a single git command ?







Le 03/01/2021 à 19:08, Hans Hagen a écrit :
> On 1/3/2021 5:42 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 15:37, Garulfo wrote:
>>>
>>> In oct 2020, a message proposed to create a GitHub/GitLab repository (or
>>> even organization) for this so that anybody can help translating it into
>>> other languages:
>>> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2020/099789.html
>>
>> If you want to see it under
>>      https://github.com/contextgarden/
>> just propose the repository name and list the usernames for those who
>> should initially have access.
> also because that would fit well into the plans for a bunch of context 
> related repositories
> 
> Hans
> 
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Bruce Horrocks]

> On 5 Jan 2021, at 20:31, Garulfo <garulfo@azules.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I saw that Mojca created a directory
> https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context
> 
> Joaquín, if you agree, and if
> - you provide me with the spanish + english source codes
> - Mojca provide you and me with github write access (garulfogb account)
> 
> i could :
> 1/ push the current code
> 2/ start to write a github wiki page (+ link on contextgarden) to describe :
> - for you : how to update from your own computer (the official source)
> - for any user : how to use git to get the source + link to this list for discussion.
> 
> Does anybody has a guide about "how to set up a documentation translation project with git ?".
> One requirement will probably to define how propositions are officially validated. Does it requires Joaquín to learn how to use git ? Can we just work by sending files (or patches) to Joaquín who will update with a single git command ?

I think we need to be really clear about what we want to achieve here.

1) Is it just making the source plus the PDF available for download? If so then there are plenty of simpler ways to do that than using Git.

2) If it is to gather feedback on things like typos then we don't need Git. For example I spotted a missing ']' in the English translation so all I need is a way to submit a 'bug report' not access to the source.

3) So what is left? To provide a way for translators to be notified of changes to the original? To provide a collaboration mechanism for significant changes to the document?

I don't see that Git adds much in the way of value unless Joaquín and the translators are already very familiar with it -- because the learning curve is very steep and recovering from mistakes (made to the repository itself rather than to the document content) can sometimes be extremely difficult.

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Hampshire, UK

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Joaquín Ataz López]

I don't really know anything about git, so I can't give my opinion about 
what is or isn't convenient to do. Certainly to report bugs in my text I 
don't think it takes anything more than an e-mail to send them to me. 
Having a repository can be useful to keep a version that is always up to 
date; but that, on the other hand, would force me to be continually 
modifying the text, which in principle is not my intention. I do not 
exclude that there will be other versions in the future, but for the 
moment this is not part of my plans. And if there were other versions, 
it would be more to add some chapter; mainly I think that the most 
important material that is missing is the one related to XML, Lua and 
Metapost, that is: the three additional languages in which a ConTeXt 
document can be written. But I am far from being able to write anything 
about any of those three aspects. Some member of the list has offered to 
help me with it, but not immediately (we all have a lot of work).

The original idea, I think, was to provide a platform that would allow 
different collaborators to translate the text into different languages. 
Whether or not git is the best solution for that purpose, I really don't 
know.

What I would appreciate is that guide on "how to set up a documentation 
translation project with git? that Garulfo proposes.

El 5/1/21 a las 21:31, Garulfo escribió:
> Hi all,
>
> I saw that Mojca created a directory
> https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context
>
> Joaquín, if you agree, and if
> - you provide me with the spanish + english source codes
> - Mojca provide you and me with github write access (garulfogb account)
>
> i could :
> 1/ push the current code
> 2/ start to write a github wiki page (+ link on contextgarden) to 
> describe :
> - for you : how to update from your own computer (the official source)
> - for any user : how to use git to get the source + link to this list 
> for discussion.
>
> Does anybody has a guide about "how to set up a documentation 
> translation project with git ?".
> One requirement will probably to define how propositions are 
> officially validated. Does it requires Joaquín to learn how to use git 
> ? Can we just work by sending files (or patches) to Joaquín who will 
> update with a single git command ?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Le 03/01/2021 à 19:08, Hans Hagen a écrit :
>> On 1/3/2021 5:42 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 15:37, Garulfo wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In oct 2020, a message proposed to create a GitHub/GitLab 
>>>> repository (or
>>>> even organization) for this so that anybody can help translating it 
>>>> into
>>>> other languages:
>>>> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2020/099789.html
>>>
>>> If you want to see it under
>>>      https://github.com/contextgarden/
>>> just propose the repository name and list the usernames for those who
>>> should initially have access.
>> also because that would fit well into the plans for a bunch of 
>> context related repositories
>>
>> Hans
>>
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>>                Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
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>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
>> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an 
>> entry to the Wiki!
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>> archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
>> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
>> ___________________________________________________________________________________ 
>>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________ 
>
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> to the Wiki!
>
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> ___________________________________________________________________________________ 
>

-- 
Joaquín Ataz López
Derecho Civil
Universidad de Murcia

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/5/2021 9:31 PM, Garulfo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I saw that Mojca created a directory
> https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context
> 
> Joaquín, if you agree, and if
> - you provide me with the spanish + english source codes
> - Mojca provide you and me with github write access (garulfogb account)
> 
> i could :
> 1/ push the current code
> 2/ start to write a github wiki page (+ link on contextgarden) to 
> describe :
> - for you : how to update from your own computer (the official source)
> - for any user : how to use git to get the source + link to this list 
> for discussion.
> 
> Does anybody has a guide about "how to set up a documentation 
> translation project with git ?".
> One requirement will probably to define how propositions are officially 
> validated. Does it requires Joaquín to learn how to use git ? Can we 
> just work by sending files (or patches) to Joaquín who will update with 
> a single git command ?
It's mainly about archiving, right? Those who write and maintain decide 
to use the repos in whatever way. (Personally I only use the gardens git 
repos for archiving and occasionally just watching what got changed. I 
don't even know (or care) how to fetch a specific version other than the 
latest right now.

Hans


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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Kevin Vigouroux via ntg-context]

I am not a translator but I think that working from XLIFF documents
would make the translation a bit easier.

XLIFF makes it possible to follow the translation process, at least
partially.

For example, if the translation tools implement the "Change Tracking
Extension" module defined in the latest XLIFF specification (v2.1), you
can track the status of elements. The "property" attribute can indicate
a new level: for example, the translator who changed the "state" (XLIFF
attribute) of the translation: initial, translated, reviewed, final.

[1] https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=xliff
[2] http://docs.oasis-open.org/xliff/xliff-core/v2.1/xliff-core-v2.1.pdf

Unfortunately, translators would need to use translation tools based on
the latest XLIFF specification (v2) to take advantage of this. However,
someone will eventually be able to use the tools at their disposal.

Garulfo <garulfo@azules.eu> writes:

> Does anybody has a guide about "how to set up a documentation
> translation project with git ?".
> One requirement will probably to define how propositions are
> officially validated. Does it requires Joaquín to learn how to use git
> ? Can we just work by sending files (or patches) to Joaquín who will
> update with a single git command ?
-- 
Best regards,
Kevin Vigouroux
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Kevin Vigouroux via ntg-context]

Here is an example to clarify my previous comment.

#+BEGIN_SRC xml
  <xliff xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:2.0"
	 xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:changetracking:2.0"
	 version="2.1"
	 srcLang="en" trgLang="fr">
    <file id="f1">
      <unit id="u1">
	<ctr:changeTrack>
	  <ctr:revisions appliesTo="segment" currentVersion="r1">
	    <ctr:revision author="Frank" datetime="2021-27-01T11:00:00+2:00"
			  version="r1">
	      <ctr:item property="state">reviewed</ctr:item>
	    </ctr:revision>
	    <ctr:revision author="Bob" datetime="2021-07-01T15:00:00+2:00"
			  version="r2">
	      <ctr:item property="state">translated</ctr:item>
	    </ctr:revision>
	  </ctr:revisions>
	  <ctr:revisions appliesTo="target" currentVersion="r1">
	    <ctr:revision author="Bob" datetime="2021-07-01T15:00:00+2:00"
			  version="r1">
	      <ctr:item property="content">Bonjour</ctr:item>
	    </ctr:revision>
	  </ctr:revisions>
	</ctr:changeTrack>
	<segment state="reviewed">
	  <source>Hello</source>
	  <target>Bonjour</target>
	</segment>
      </unit>
    </file>
  </xliff>
#+END_SRC 
-- 
Best regards,
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Joaquín Ataz López]

I think the creation of the repository is a good idea and I suggest the 
name "introCTX-MkiV". I could provide the source files (in Spanish and 
English) and eventually clarify any doubt that the various translators 
had about the meaning of the original. It should also be taken into 
account that in the original there are some fragments or examples 
designed for a Spanish cultural field that, outside it, do not make much 
sense. In this regard, the English translation has the merit of adapting 
these fragments (instead of translating them) or deleting them, as the 
case may be.

What I don't think is to coordinate the repository: I have never worked 
on collective projects and I hardly know how github works


El 3/1/21 a las 17:42, Mojca Miklavec escribió:
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 15:37, Garulfo wrote:
>> In oct 2020, a message proposed to create a GitHub/GitLab repository (or
>> even organization) for this so that anybody can help translating it into
>> other languages:
>> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2020/099789.html
> If you want to see it under
>      https://github.com/contextgarden/
> just propose the repository name and list the usernames for those who
> should initially have access.
>
> Mojca
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
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> ___________________________________________________________________________________

-- 
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Derecho Civil
Universidad de Murcia

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Alain Delmotte]

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[BPJ]

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This is a great resource which I am at the moment enjoying to read but I
can't help wondering if there is a text aimed at those who already know
LaTeX and know the basics of TeX describing ConTeXt in terms of differences
(and similarities) between the two, and in particular the gotchas.

-- 
Better --help|less than helpless

Den sön 3 jan. 2021 10:48Joaquín Ataz López <jal@um.es> skrev:

> Hello to all:
>
> Two months ago I informed to the list that I had written an introduction
> in Spanish to ConTeXt Mark IV. This interested several people, and in
> order to increase their potential audience, a member of this list
> (native English speaker) has proceeded to translate my text into English.
>
> It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at
> all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with the
> fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt.
>
> As for the English translation, I have made some small changes to the
> Spanish version, so anyone who understands Spanish and prefers to read
> it in its original language can download the new version:
>
> Both versions are available at the following links
>
> - Spanish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_esp.pdf
>
> - Engilish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf
>
> Soon I will send both texts, with their source files, to the
> documentation section of the CTAN repository.
>
>
> --
> Joaquín Ataz López
> Derecho Civil
> Universidad de Murcia
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
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>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Joaquín Ataz López]

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I do not know if I have been able to do this, but although there are 
some references to LaTeX, I have tried to write a totally independent 
text, which does not require knowledge of LaTeX or TeX to be understood.

El 3/1/21 a las 19:42, BPJ escribió:
> This is a great resource which I am at the moment enjoying to read but 
> I can't help wondering if there is a text aimed at those who already 
> know LaTeX and know the basics of TeX describing ConTeXt in terms of 
> differences (and similarities) between the two, and in particular the 
> gotchas.
>
> -- 
> Better --help|less than helpless
>
> Den sön 3 jan. 2021 10:48Joaquín Ataz López <jal@um.es 
> <mailto:jal@um.es>> skrev:
>
>     Hello to all:
>
>     Two months ago I informed to the list that I had written an
>     introduction
>     in Spanish to ConTeXt Mark IV. This interested several people, and in
>     order to increase their potential audience, a member of this list
>     (native English speaker) has proceeded to translate my text into
>     English.
>
>     It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at
>     all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started
>     with the
>     fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt.
>
>     As for the English translation, I have made some small changes to the
>     Spanish version, so anyone who understands Spanish and prefers to
>     read
>     it in its original language can download the new version:
>
>     Both versions are available at the following links
>
>     - Spanish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_esp.pdf
>
>     - Engilish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf
>
>     Soon I will send both texts, with their source files, to the
>     documentation section of the CTAN repository.
>
>
>     -- 
>     Joaquín Ataz López
>     Derecho Civil
>     Universidad de Murcia
>
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[BPJ]

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I understand that and it is all well and good. I am wondering if there
already is *another* text which presupposes basic knowledge of TeX and
general knowledge of LaTeX, perhaps in a by-topic style.

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Den sön 3 jan. 2021 20:04Joaquín Ataz López <jal@um.es> skrev:

> I do not know if I have been able to do this, but although there are some
> references to LaTeX, I have tried to write a totally independent text,
> which does not require knowledge of LaTeX or TeX to be understood.
> El 3/1/21 a las 19:42, BPJ escribió:
>
> This is a great resource which I am at the moment enjoying to read but I
> can't help wondering if there is a text aimed at those who already know
> LaTeX and know the basics of TeX describing ConTeXt in terms of differences
> (and similarities) between the two, and in particular the gotchas.
>
> --
> Better --help|less than helpless
>
> Den sön 3 jan. 2021 10:48Joaquín Ataz López <jal@um.es> skrev:
>
>> Hello to all:
>>
>> Two months ago I informed to the list that I had written an introduction
>> in Spanish to ConTeXt Mark IV. This interested several people, and in
>> order to increase their potential audience, a member of this list
>> (native English speaker) has proceeded to translate my text into English.
>>
>> It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at
>> all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with the
>> fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt.
>>
>> As for the English translation, I have made some small changes to the
>> Spanish version, so anyone who understands Spanish and prefers to read
>> it in its original language can download the new version:
>>
>> Both versions are available at the following links
>>
>> - Spanish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_esp.pdf
>>
>> - Engilish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf
>>
>> Soon I will send both texts, with their source files, to the
>> documentation section of the CTAN repository.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Joaquín Ataz López
>> Derecho Civil
>> Universidad de Murcia
>>
>>
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>> the Wiki!
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> --
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>
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[denis.maier]

Well, there's a document called "LaTeX in proper context", but that's from a different era and nowhere near exhaustive...
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I understand that and it is all well and good. I am wondering if there already is *another* text which presupposes basic knowledge of TeX and general knowledge of LaTeX, perhaps in a by-topic style.

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Den sön 3 jan. 2021 20:04Joaquín Ataz López <jal@um.es<mailto:jal@um.es>> skrev:

I do not know if I have been able to do this, but although there are some references to LaTeX, I have tried to write a totally independent text, which does not require knowledge of LaTeX or TeX to be understood.

El 3/1/21 a las 19:42, BPJ escribió:
This is a great resource which I am at the moment enjoying to read but I can't help wondering if there is a text aimed at those who already know LaTeX and know the basics of TeX describing ConTeXt in terms of differences (and similarities) between the two, and in particular the gotchas.

--
Better --help|less than helpless

Den sön 3 jan. 2021 10:48Joaquín Ataz López <jal@um.es<mailto:jal@um.es>> skrev:
Hello to all:

Two months ago I informed to the list that I had written an introduction
in Spanish to ConTeXt Mark IV. This interested several people, and in
order to increase their potential audience, a member of this list
(native English speaker) has proceeded to translate my text into English.

It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at
all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with the
fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt.

As for the English translation, I have made some small changes to the
Spanish version, so anyone who understands Spanish and prefers to read
it in its original language can download the new version:

Both versions are available at the following links

- Spanish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_esp.pdf

- Engilish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf

Soon I will send both texts, with their source files, to the
documentation section of the CTAN repository.


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Derecho Civil
Universidad de Murcia

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/3/2021 10:11 PM, denis.maier@ub.unibe.ch wrote:
> Well, there's a document called "LaTeX in proper context", but that's from a different era and nowhere near exhaustive...
and not that valid any more either i think

Hans

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/3/2021 10:02 PM, BPJ wrote:
> I understand that and it is all well and good. I am wondering if there 
> already is *another* text which presupposes basic knowledge of TeX and 
> general knowledge of LaTeX, perhaps in a by-topic style.
I think this relates to the question how someone comes to tex and then 
to context. Are tex macro packages used alongside and such? Are there 
'from word/office to tex' or reverse manuals? What could be a motivation 
to write one.

So, one way out could be to have some collection of tips / suggestions 
and turn that into a kind of manual. Something to do by those who make 
some transition or use alongside. The wiki is the place start with that.

So .. up to users.

Hans


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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

> Am 03.01.2021 um 22:24 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
> 
> On 1/3/2021 10:02 PM, BPJ wrote:
>> I understand that and it is all well and good. I am wondering if there already is *another* text which presupposes basic knowledge of TeX and general knowledge of LaTeX, perhaps in a by-topic style.
> I think this relates to the question how someone comes to tex and then to context. Are tex macro packages used alongside and such? Are there 'from word/office to tex' or reverse manuals? What could be a motivation to write one.

I guess most ConTeXt users migrated from LaTeX at some point, so that guide would really make sense. But I can’t write it either, even if I’m also working with LaTeX (but just as a user of one special class).

If I run into a problem in LaTeX that I know to solve in ConTeXt, the approach is never right.

I think the similarities of LaTeX and ConTeXt are mostly misleading, you’re better off trying to forget everything and start anew.

In LaTeX most problems are solved with “use this or that package”, without the need to understand the commands and settings involved, while in ConTeXt most problems are solved with \setupsomething[somekey=somevalue].

Of course it helps to understand basic TeX stuff – but you’re not supposed to use (plain) TeX commands in LaTeX, while it is or was much more usual in ConTeXt.

Writing my book I have users of text processors (Word/LibreOffice) and layout applications (InDesign etc.) in mind, even if I assume that most readers (if I’ll ever publish it...) will come from LaTeX.



> So, one way out could be to have some collection of tips / suggestions and turn that into a kind of manual. Something to do by those who make some transition or use alongside. The wiki is the place start with that.
> 
> So .. up to users.

Yes, and that means: up to users migrating from LaTeX and documenting their struggles.

Hraban
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Migrating from LaTeX (was: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV)

[BPJ]

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I understand all that. I just thought that maybe such resources existed
which I didn't know.

While as you say the approaches differ it would be nice to have like a FAQ
"how do you do what LaTeX package X does in ConTeXt?" I guess that that is
what I'm after. Something like a LaTeX <--> ConTeXt Rosetta stone. Knowing
that rather than importing a package I should modify some command using
some options is basic; what one really needs to know is which specific
command to modify using which specific options with which specific values
to do what package X does in LaTeX. If/since it doesn't exist maybe it
would be a good thing if users make it exist. It would certainly help
drawing more proselytes. I'm basically still using only LaTeX because I
know which packages to use to do the things I want. Perhaps that *is* as
good a reason as any to stay with LaTeX but it shouldn't be a barrier to
learning ConTeXt which IME it is.

To take but one example: when wearing my linguist hat I deal with obscure
scripts and languages, mostly dead languages, which no standard LaTeX index
processor can handle (at least not out of the box) so I have my pile of
Perl hacks which generate indices using Perl's excellent Unicode
capabilities and some excellent modules written by other people. (I use the
same LaTeX packages as everyone else, I just have a homemade way of going
from idx to ind.) The first hurdle to know if/how ConTeXt might offer a
better solution (which it doesn't AFAIK but my own tool can easily generate
ConTeXt markup as well as LaTeX markup should it come to that) was to find
out that indices are called "registers" in ConTeXt (not too surprising
since it is _register_ in Swedish) for searching for "index" on the ConTeXt
wiki finds an error page!

Admittedly it might be just me: I have a hard time knowing where to look in
the likewise excellent Vim documentation too: what search terms to use.
Finding a LaTeX solution to a problem with Google OTOH usually is pretty
fast done — if you can describe your problem in prose you usually don't hit
a wall.

With knowledge of TeX basics I did not mean a working knowledge of plain
TeX but the actual basics: reserved characters, syntax, space after a
command is ignored, a blank line makes a paragraph, that sort of things
which are common to all flavors.

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Den mån 4 jan. 2021 00:02Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> skrev:

>
> > Am 03.01.2021 um 22:24 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
> >
> > On 1/3/2021 10:02 PM, BPJ wrote:
> >> I understand that and it is all well and good. I am wondering if there
> already is *another* text which presupposes basic knowledge of TeX and
> general knowledge of LaTeX, perhaps in a by-topic style.
> > I think this relates to the question how someone comes to tex and then
> to context. Are tex macro packages used alongside and such? Are there 'from
> word/office to tex' or reverse manuals? What could be a motivation to write
> one.
>
> I guess most ConTeXt users migrated from LaTeX at some point, so that
> guide would really make sense. But I can’t write it either, even if I’m
> also working with LaTeX (but just as a user of one special class).
>
> If I run into a problem in LaTeX that I know to solve in ConTeXt, the
> approach is never right.
>
> I think the similarities of LaTeX and ConTeXt are mostly misleading,
> you’re better off trying to forget everything and start anew.
>
> In LaTeX most problems are solved with “use this or that package”, without
> the need to understand the commands and settings involved, while in ConTeXt
> most problems are solved with \setupsomething[somekey=somevalue].
>
> Of course it helps to understand basic TeX stuff – but you’re not supposed
> to use (plain) TeX commands in LaTeX, while it is or was much more usual in
> ConTeXt.
>
> Writing my book I have users of text processors (Word/LibreOffice) and
> layout applications (InDesign etc.) in mind, even if I assume that most
> readers (if I’ll ever publish it...) will come from LaTeX.
>
>
>
> > So, one way out could be to have some collection of tips / suggestions
> and turn that into a kind of manual. Something to do by those who make some
> transition or use alongside. The wiki is the place start with that.
> >
> > So .. up to users.
>
> Yes, and that means: up to users migrating from LaTeX and documenting
> their struggles.
>
> Hraban
>
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Re: Migrating from LaTeX (was: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV)

[Taco Hoekwater]

> On 4 Jan 2021, at 14:02, BPJ <bpj@melroch.se> wrote:
> 
> for searching for "index" on the ConTeXt wiki finds an error page!

Redirect page added. If you see more such issues, please do the same.

Best wishes,
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Re: Migrating from LaTeX (was: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV)

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/4/2021 2:02 PM, BPJ wrote:
> I understand all that. I just thought that maybe such resources existed 
> which I didn't know.
> 
> While as you say the approaches differ it would be nice to have like a 
> FAQ "how do you do what LaTeX package X does in ConTeXt?" I guess that 
> that is what I'm after. Something like a LaTeX <--> ConTeXt Rosetta 
> stone. Knowing that rather than importing a package I should modify some 
> command using some options is basic; what one really needs to know is 
> which specific command to modify using which specific options with which 
> specific values to do what package X does in LaTeX. If/since it doesn't 
> exist maybe it would be a good thing if users make it exist. It would 
> certainly help drawing more proselytes. I'm basically still using only 
> LaTeX because I know which packages to use to do the things I want. 
> Perhaps that *is* as good a reason as any to stay with LaTeX but it 
> shouldn't be a barrier to learning ConTeXt which IME it is.

Often it's better to start from scratch as it might be that the choice 
for some solution in one system would be a different one in an other. I 
never had to use an office application (word, open office, whatever) but 
I'm pretty sure that if one comes from a tex mindset one also looks for 
the wrong solutions. (Which probably is why one can sometimes find those 
useless ramblings about msword and such among texies: an even little 
able user of some word processors knows how to write a letter and 
probably could not get it done in tex in a minute, after all it starts 
with installation.)

So, I wonder if recipes would work well. (Just like switching from say 
lisp to pascal, or even lisp to prolog, or pascal to c# is not a matter 
of reading a few page manual.)

> To take but one example: when wearing my linguist hat I deal with 
> obscure scripts and languages, mostly dead languages, which no standard 
> LaTeX index processor can handle (at least not out of the box) so I have 
> my pile of Perl hacks which generate indices using Perl's excellent 
> Unicode capabilities and some excellent modules written by other people. 
> (I use the same LaTeX packages as everyone else, I just have a homemade 
> way of going from idx to ind.) The first hurdle to know if/how ConTeXt 
> might offer a better solution (which it doesn't AFAIK but my own tool 
> can easily generate ConTeXt markup as well as LaTeX markup should it 
> come to that) was to find out that indices are called "registers" in 
> ConTeXt (not too surprising since it is _register_ in Swedish) for 
> searching for "index" on the ConTeXt wiki finds an error page!

Sure, but when such specialization is needed, any (transition) manual is 
kind of tricky. If systems are indeed quite different (and there are 
definitely conceptual diferences between latex and context and plain) it 
might even be a reason not to look further. That said: there is some 
info on how to set up the sorter for different languages.

> Admittedly it might be just me: I have a hard time knowing where to look 
> in the likewise excellent Vim documentation too: what search terms to 
> use. Finding a LaTeX solution to a problem with Google OTOH usually is 
> pretty fast done — if you can describe your problem in prose you usually 
> don't hit a wall.

The good news is that often on this list you get an answer (and 
sometimes looking at examples in e.g. the test suite also helps). But 
one aspect remains: learning (any) tex takes time. This is compensated 
by the fact that you can use it forever as it's unlike to stay (or taken 
over by some large company that then ditches it in favour of its own 
stuff). Unlearning probably also takes soem time and effort.

And in context one also can be triggered into leanring metapost and lua 
so that adds to the burden (but also fun).

> With knowledge of TeX basics I did not mean a working knowledge of plain 
> TeX but the actual basics: reserved characters, syntax, space after a 
> command is ignored, a blank line makes a paragraph, that sort of things 
> which are common to all flavors.

It definitely helps to have an idea how tex deals with what you input 
and even how it internally works a bit. Just try to get a copy of TeX by 
Topic ... a pretty good summary of the basics. And after that the TeX 
Book ... just to get the feelling of what world one enters.
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Re: Migrating from LaTeX (was: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV)

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

> Am 04.01.2021 um 14:02 schrieb BPJ <bpj@melroch.se>:
> 
> I understand all that. I just thought that maybe such resources existed which I didn't know.
> 
> While as you say the approaches differ it would be nice to have like a FAQ "how do you do what LaTeX package X does in ConTeXt?" I guess that that is what I'm after.

But that’s already a wrong approach IMO – you need to think in goals, not in paths.

Most ConTeXt users don’t know what any LaTeX package does, so you need to explain what you want to achieve.

Regardless which system you are learning, never assume it would work the same as some other system you know, even if it does the same or shares some concepts.

E.g. when I was working at a newspaper, they changed the ad management system; ad vendors were used to give their customers special kinds of discounts and needed some strange workarounds where the old system was lacking. At first, management tried (or had IT dept try) to implement all the old stuff, until it became clear it just made no sense – vendors had to adapt to the new system (that was generally better and more flexible, but of course also lacking a few details).

When I recently switched from InDesign/Photoshop to Affinity Publisher/Photo, it was the same re-learning for me, and I’m still much slower with AP, also because I don’t use it daily any more like I was used with ID several years ago. E.g. I needed the experience of several print projects to get colors print right again – the whole color management and PDF export setup is just too different (without it looking too different).

> I'm basically still using only LaTeX because I know which packages to use to do the things I want. Perhaps that *is* as good a reason as any to stay with LaTeX

yes it is

> but it shouldn't be a barrier to learning ConTeXt which IME it is.

The barrier is in your head. Don’t assume ConTeXt is like LaTeX, but be amazed if it does. ;)

> To take but one example: when wearing my linguist hat I deal with obscure scripts and languages, mostly dead languages, which no standard LaTeX index processor can handle (at least not out of the box) so I have my pile of Perl hacks which generate indices using Perl's excellent Unicode capabilities and some excellent modules written by other people.

I don’t know what you’re doing, but since ConTeXt can handle Unicode much better than LaTeX, many of your hacks might be dispensable. For others there might be better solutions, e.g. implement additional sorting mechanisms in Lua within ConTeXt. There should be no need for additional external index processing.

> Admittedly it might be just me: I have a hard time knowing where to look in the likewise excellent Vim documentation too: what search terms to use. Finding a LaTeX solution to a problem with Google OTOH usually is pretty fast done — if you can describe your problem in prose you usually don't hit a wall.

Yes, and that’s again true for every system – you need to find your way through the documentation.

E.g. GNU LilyPond’s docs are great, but you need to know what’s in the Learning Manual, Reference Manual or extension docs, and that you also might look into the snippet repository LSR or OpenLilyLib.

You need to learn the lingo of each system, sometimes something has a strange name due to historical reasons or because the right term was ambiguous or unknown to the developers. – ConTeXt not only calls indexes registers (like also in German), but also imposition arranging...

> With knowledge of TeX basics I did not mean a working knowledge of plain TeX but the actual basics: reserved characters, syntax, space after a command is ignored, a blank line makes a paragraph, that sort of things which are common to all flavors.

Yes and no – space handling of course, and, as Hans said, it helps to understand the box composition and expansion (I don’t really, and I guess also most LaTeX users don’t). Reserved characters are already misleading – ConTeXt has far less than LaTeX and uses direct Unicode input as far as possible.

Keep trying.

Hraban

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Re: Migrating from LaTeX

[jbf]

On 5/1/21 12:02 am, BPJ wrote:
> With knowledge of TeX basics I did not mean a working knowledge of 
> plain TeX but the actual basics: reserved characters, syntax, space 
> after a command is ignored, a blank line makes a paragraph, that sort 
> of things which are common to all flavors.


This is where someone might find Joaquin's Introduction to ConTeXt most 
helpful.

Julian

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Sun, 3 Jan 2021 23:59:14 +0100 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:

> In LaTeX most problems are solved with “use this or that package”,

You only need to follow a few days the questions e.g. on tex.sx to
see that this is not true: Answers about LaTeX are much more varied
than a simple "use this package" and often include new definitions
or background explanations.

> without the need to understand the commands and settings
> involved,

The fact that there are so many packages extending LaTeX actually
means that there is *more* need to understand commands and settings
than in a system like context where "most problems are solved with
\setupsomething[somekey=somevalue]". 

(But it also means that there are many people, who understand enough
of the innards to write, to document and to explain packages,
commands and settings.)



> Of course it helps to understand basic TeX stuff – but you’re not
> supposed to use (plain) TeX commands in LaTeX, while it is or was
> much more usual in ConTeXt.

Well we discourage the use of plain commands to avoid that new users
trip over bewildering errors from stuff like "abc \hskip 2cm plus
cde", but it is not forbidden to use them.  


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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/4/2021 2:18 PM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:

>> Of course it helps to understand basic TeX stuff – but you’re not
>> supposed to use (plain) TeX commands in LaTeX, while it is or was
>> much more usual in ConTeXt.
> 
> Well we discourage the use of plain commands to avoid that new users
> trip over bewildering errors from stuff like "abc \hskip 2cm plus
> cde", but it is not forbidden to use them.
Hm, \hskip is not a plain command but a language primitive. And there's 
nothing wrong with using primitives, assuming that one knows how they 
work (and in this case that a \relax does wonders).

One of those 'persistent' wrong ideas about context is that it somehow 
is kind of plain but decided to not waste time arguing that. There are 
actually not that many commands in 'plain' anyway. Much of plain tex is 
setting up math (and all macro packages support those symbolic names and 
the basic math structures), some fonts (all macro package set up some 
font system and maybe some aliases that make it easier for plain users),
but as soon as one uses latex or context or ... some different output 
routine kicks in, table mechanisms show up, \item has a different 
meaning, etc. (The early macro packages were kind of plain themselves: 
demanding redefinition of internals and such.)

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Mon, 4 Jan 2021 15:30:43 +0100 schrieb Hans Hagen:

>> Well we discourage the use of plain commands to avoid that new users
>> trip over bewildering errors from stuff like "abc \hskip 2cm plus
>> cde", but it is not forbidden to use them.
> Hm, \hskip is not a plain command but a language primitive.

Yes, sorry. I lost the "TeX" from  the "(plain) TeX commands" from
Henning.

> One of those 'persistent' wrong ideas about context is that it somehow 
> is kind of plain 

Really? I wouldn't see it this way. I wondered a bit about the
number of primitives shown in the document of Joaquín, but that they
are used certainly doesn't make context like plaintex. 

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Joaquín Ataz López]

> Really? I wouldn't see it this way. I wondered a bit about the
> number of primitives shown in the document of Joaquín, but that they
> are used certainly doesn't make context like plaintex.

I have calculated the number of primitives from the list made in "TeX 
Reference Manual" by David Bausum (of which there is a web version at 
https://www.tug.org/utilities/plain/cseq.html).

According to that text the number of primitives is exactly 326. In my 
document I rounded it to "approximately 300".


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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/4/2021 5:32 PM, Joaquín Ataz López wrote:
> 
>> Really? I wouldn't see it this way. I wondered a bit about the
>> number of primitives shown in the document of Joaquín, but that they
>> are used certainly doesn't make context like plaintex.
> 
> I have calculated the number of primitives from the list made in "TeX 
> Reference Manual" by David Bausum (of which there is a web version at 
> https://www.tug.org/utilities/plain/cseq.html).
> 
> According to that text the number of primitives is exactly 326. In my 
> document I rounded it to "approximately 300".
That list is a bit old. In the meantime we got etex extensions, which 
adds a few more, and then pdftex ades some, as well as omega and after 
that of course luatex. In luametatex we dropped some, and added others, 
so there we currently have 770 primitives. The increase of number is 
partly due to the 166 extra math related primitives of which many deal 
with all kind of font related paraneters and inter-blob spacing.

\starttext

\startTEXpage[offset=2mm,width=30cm,align={verytolerant,nothyphenated,flushleft},foregroundstyle=\tttf]
     \startluacode
         local t = tex.primitives()
         table.sort(t)
         local n = 0
         for i=1,#t do
             if string.find(t[i],"^U") then
                 n =n + 1
             end
         end
         context("%i / %i: % t",#t,n,t)
     \stopluacode
\stopTEXpage

\stoptext

if yuou want to know if something is a primitive, say:

     \meaningfull\vskip \par
     \meaningfull\relax \par
     \meaningfull\framed\par

and you get an idea (\meaningfull itself is a primitive, the more 
verbose \meaning, and there's also \meaningless which I let you figure 
out yourself; of course these add two primitives to the repertoire).

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

> Am 04.01.2021 um 15:30 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
> 
> On 1/4/2021 2:18 PM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> 
>>> Of course it helps to understand basic TeX stuff – but you’re not
>>> supposed to use (plain) TeX commands in LaTeX, while it is or was
>>> much more usual in ConTeXt.
>> Well we discourage the use of plain commands to avoid that new users
>> trip over bewildering errors from stuff like "abc \hskip 2cm plus
>> cde", but it is not forbidden to use them.
> Hm, \hskip is not a plain command but a language primitive. And there's nothing wrong with using primitives, assuming that one knows how they work (and in this case that a \relax does wonders).
> 
> One of those 'persistent' wrong ideas about context is that it somehow is kind of plain but decided to not waste time arguing that. There are actually not that many commands in 'plain' anyway. Much of plain tex is setting up math (and all macro packages support those symbolic names and the basic math structures), some fonts (all macro package set up some font system and maybe some aliases that make it easier for plain users),
> but as soon as one uses latex or context or ... some different output routine kicks in, table mechanisms show up, \item has a different meaning, etc. (The early macro packages were kind of plain themselves: demanding redefinition of internals and such.)

I don’t know anything about Knuth’s Plain TeX, I always mean plain TeX. ;)
And I mix up primitives and "basic" commands, because it doesn’t matter for me.
My mistake.

What I meant: In ConTeXt code (by users and maybe only in old sources) I see a lot of TeX constructs, e.g. you’re using \def (TeX) and not \define (ConTeXt) because you know it makes no difference.

And when I can’t achieve the right vertical spacing with \blank[something], I use \vskip, because it works.

LaTeX replaces many basic commands/primitives (\vskip -> \vspace), ConTeXt might too, but with the same name.

Hraban
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

> Am 04.01.2021 um 14:18 schrieb Ulrike Fischer <news3@nililand.de>:
> 
> Am Sun, 3 Jan 2021 23:59:14 +0100 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
> 
>> In LaTeX most problems are solved with “use this or that package”,
> 
> You only need to follow a few days the questions e.g. on tex.sx to
> see that this is not true: Answers about LaTeX are much more varied
> than a simple "use this package" and often include new definitions
> or background explanations.

Yes, sorry, that was overly simplified.

Yes, there are many knowledgeable and helpful LaTeX users who throughly explain their suggestions.

But when I’m looking for LaTeX solutions, it very often breaks down to using the one or other package (with a few options or configurations provided by them).

>> without the need to understand the commands and settings
>> involved,
> 
> The fact that there are so many packages extending LaTeX actually
> means that there is *more* need to understand commands and settings
> than in a system like context where "most problems are solved with
> \setupsomething[somekey=somevalue]". 
> 
> (But it also means that there are many people, who understand enough
> of the innards to write, to document and to explain packages,
> commands and settings.)

Yes, but it’s in the concept of LaTeX that there is a gap between users and package writers.

I prefer to copy a few settings (and adapt them to my needs) over using a package that might do also other things or is incompatible with some other packages that I might need.

>> Of course it helps to understand basic TeX stuff – but you’re not
>> supposed to use (plain) TeX commands in LaTeX, while it is or was
>> much more usual in ConTeXt.
> 
> Well we discourage the use of plain commands to avoid that new users
> trip over bewildering errors from stuff like "abc \hskip 2cm plus
> cde", but it is not forbidden to use them.  

The discouragement sometimes sounds a bit harsh ;) – not your problem.

There are a few old ConTeXt users that use too much basic ("plain") TeX for my taste, esp. if there are better ways to solve their problems with simple ConTeXt commands.

All the best,
Hraban

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Augusto Stoffel]

Hi Joaquín,

Here is a small suggestion, which would have a few different uses. The 
following link, which I copied from the index, should take you to the 
definition of \vbox:

https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A117%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22Fit%22%7D%5D

This works at least in some browsers, or by passing the stuff after # 
as a suitable command-line argument to some PDF viewers.

So, it would be really nice to make those named destinations stable and 
readable, for instance

https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf#vbox

I suspect this is either a switch you turn on in ConTeXt, or something 
that would still need to be implemented as a feature.

Best,
Augusto

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:00 AM Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> 
wrote:
> 
>  > Am 03.01.2021 um 22:24 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
>  >
>  > On 1/3/2021 10:02 PM, BPJ wrote:
>  >> I understand that and it is all well and good. I am wondering if 
> there already is *another* text which presupposes basic knowledge of 
> TeX and general knowledge of LaTeX, perhaps in a by-topic style.
>  > I think this relates to the question how someone comes to tex and 
> then to context. Are tex macro packages used alongside and such? Are 
> there 'from word/office to tex' or reverse manuals? What could be a 
> motivation to write one.
> 
>  I guess most ConTeXt users migrated from LaTeX at some point, so 
> that guide would really make sense. But I can’t write it either, 
> even if I’m also working with LaTeX (but just as a user of one 
> special class).
> 
>  If I run into a problem in LaTeX that I know to solve in ConTeXt, 
> the approach is never right.
> 
>  I think the similarities of LaTeX and ConTeXt are mostly misleading, 
> you’re better off trying to forget everything and start anew.
> 
>  In LaTeX most problems are solved with “use this or that 
> package”, without the need to understand the commands and settings 
> involved, while in ConTeXt most problems are solved with 
> \setupsomething[somekey=somevalue].
> 
>  Of course it helps to understand basic TeX stuff – but you’re 
> not supposed to use (plain) TeX commands in LaTeX, while it is or was 
> much more usual in ConTeXt.
> 
>  Writing my book I have users of text processors (Word/LibreOffice) 
> and layout applications (InDesign etc.) in mind, even if I assume 
> that most readers (if I’ll ever publish it...) will come from LaTeX.
> 
> 
> 
>  > So, one way out could be to have some collection of tips / 
> suggestions and turn that into a kind of manual. Something to do by 
> those who make some transition or use alongside. The wiki is the 
> place start with that.
>  >
>  > So .. up to users.
> 
>  Yes, and that means: up to users migrating from LaTeX and 
> documenting their struggles.
> 
>  Hraban
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[denis.maier]

Thanks, Joaquín. This is really amazing.

Denis

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
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> Ataz López
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 3. Januar 2021 10:45
> An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> Betreff: [NTG-context] A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV
> 
> Hello to all:
> 
> Two months ago I informed to the list that I had written an introduction in
> Spanish to ConTeXt Mark IV. This interested several people, and in order to
> increase their potential audience, a member of this list (native English
> speaker) has proceeded to translate my text into English.
> 
> It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at all, but it
> can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with the fascinating
> typesetting system that is ConTeXt.
> 
> As for the English translation, I have made some small changes to the Spanish
> version, so anyone who understands Spanish and prefers to read it in its
> original language can download the new version:
> 
> Both versions are available at the following links
> 
> - Spanish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_esp.pdf
> 
> - Engilish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf
> 
> Soon I will send both texts, with their source files, to the documentation
> section of the CTAN repository.
> 
> 
> --
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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

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On Sun, 3 Jan 2021, Joaquín Ataz López wrote:

> Hello to all:
> 
> Two months ago I informed to the list that I had written an introduction 
> in Spanish to ConTeXt Mark IV. This interested several people, and in 
> order to increase their potential audience, a member of this list 
> (native English speaker) has proceeded to translate my text into English.
> 
> It is precisely the members of this list who need no introduction at 
> all, but it can sometimes be useful to help someone get started with the 
> fascinating typesetting system that is ConTeXt.
> 
> As for the English translation, I have made some small changes to the 
> Spanish version, so anyone who understands Spanish and prefers to read 
> it in its original language can download the new version:
> 
> Both versions are available at the following links
> 
> - Spanish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_esp.pdf
> 
> - Engilish: https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf
> 
> Soon I will send both texts, with their source files, to the 
> documentation section of the CTAN repository.

This is an excellent and detailed introduction. I had briefly skimmed through the Spanish version when you had posted it earlier, but since I do not understand Spanish I could not follow it. Now have quickly read some parts of the English version, I find that the document is very well written and at the right level of detail and tone for a new user. Thank you for writing this. 

Aditya

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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Robert Zydenbos]

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Thank you, Joaquin, for this wonderfully systematic bit of work. I wish I had had this three or four years ago.

There has been a bit of a discussion here about whether ConTeXt manuals should start from the assumption that the reader already is familiar with LaTeX or not. If I may cast a vote here: I recommend that authors *SHOULD NOT* assume such familiarity, because

(1) Knowledge of LaTeX is not just irrelevant, but can actually confuse.

(2) ConTeXt is a complete system in itself that is built up in a more consistent way than LaTeX. It does not depend on LaTeX in any way, and authors should not risk creating the impression that it does.

Of course there’s nothing wrong if someone were to write parallel materials for LaTeX users (‘ConTeXt for LaTeX Users’, or something of the sort). But basically LaTeX ought to be ignored completely. I, for one, do not want to have anything to do with LaTeX any more, now that ConTeXt is there.

Now that this new manual exists, I can more confidently recommend ConTeXt to colleagues.

Thanks once again!

Robert

On 03.01.21 10:45, Joaquín Ataz López wrote:
> Hello to all:
>
> Two months ago I informed to the list […]


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Re: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

[Ivan Pešić]

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One nice tool that I use for translation is
https://po4a.org/index.php.en

I used it to translate (and maintain) complete Vim documentation.

It could be adapted to work with Context (there is already a Latex module)

Regards,
Ivan

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> From: Bruce Horrocks <ntg@scorecrow.com>
> To: "ntg-context@ntg.nl" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
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> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 00:36:23 +0000
> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV
>
>
> > On 5 Jan 2021, at 20:31, Garulfo <garulfo@azules.eu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I saw that Mojca created a directory
> > https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context
> >
> > Joaquín, if you agree, and if
> > - you provide me with the spanish + english source codes
> > - Mojca provide you and me with github write access (garulfogb account)
> >
> > i could :
> > 1/ push the current code
> > 2/ start to write a github wiki page (+ link on contextgarden) to
> describe :
> > - for you : how to update from your own computer (the official source)
> > - for any user : how to use git to get the source + link to this list
> for discussion.
> >
> > Does anybody has a guide about "how to set up a documentation
> translation project with git ?".
> > One requirement will probably to define how propositions are officially
> validated. Does it requires Joaquín to learn how to use git ? Can we just
> work by sending files (or patches) to Joaquín who will update with a single
> git command ?
>
> I think we need to be really clear about what we want to achieve here.
>
> 1) Is it just making the source plus the PDF available for download? If so
> then there are plenty of simpler ways to do that than using Git.
>
> 2) If it is to gather feedback on things like typos then we don't need
> Git. For example I spotted a missing ']' in the English translation so all
> I need is a way to submit a 'bug report' not access to the source.
>
> 3) So what is left? To provide a way for translators to be notified of
> changes to the original? To provide a collaboration mechanism for
> significant changes to the document?
>
> I don't see that Git adds much in the way of value unless Joaquín and the
> translators are already very familiar with it -- because the learning curve
> is very steep and recovering from mistakes (made to the repository itself
> rather than to the document content) can sometimes be extremely difficult.
>
> --
> Bruce Horrocks
> Hampshire, UK
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Joaquín Ataz López" <jal@um.es>
> To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 06:26:34 +0100
> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV
> I don't really know anything about git, so I can't give my opinion about
> what is or isn't convenient to do. Certainly to report bugs in my text I
> don't think it takes anything more than an e-mail to send them to me.
> Having a repository can be useful to keep a version that is always up to
> date; but that, on the other hand, would force me to be continually
> modifying the text, which in principle is not my intention. I do not
> exclude that there will be other versions in the future, but for the
> moment this is not part of my plans. And if there were other versions,
> it would be more to add some chapter; mainly I think that the most
> important material that is missing is the one related to XML, Lua and
> Metapost, that is: the three additional languages in which a ConTeXt
> document can be written. But I am far from being able to write anything
> about any of those three aspects. Some member of the list has offered to
> help me with it, but not immediately (we all have a lot of work).
>
> The original idea, I think, was to provide a platform that would allow
> different collaborators to translate the text into different languages.
> Whether or not git is the best solution for that purpose, I really don't
> know.
>
> What I would appreciate is that guide on "how to set up a documentation
> translation project with git? that Garulfo proposes.
>
> El 5/1/21 a las 21:31, Garulfo escribió:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I saw that Mojca created a directory
> > https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context
> >
> > Joaquín, if you agree, and if
> > - you provide me with the spanish + english source codes
> > - Mojca provide you and me with github write access (garulfogb account)
> >
> > i could :
> > 1/ push the current code
> > 2/ start to write a github wiki page (+ link on contextgarden) to
> > describe :
> > - for you : how to update from your own computer (the official source)
> > - for any user : how to use git to get the source + link to this list
> > for discussion.
> >
> > Does anybody has a guide about "how to set up a documentation
> > translation project with git ?".
> > One requirement will probably to define how propositions are
> > officially validated. Does it requires Joaquín to learn how to use git
> > ? Can we just work by sending files (or patches) to Joaquín who will
> > update with a single git command ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Le 03/01/2021 à 19:08, Hans Hagen a écrit :
> >> On 1/3/2021 5:42 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 15:37, Garulfo wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> In oct 2020, a message proposed to create a GitHub/GitLab
> >>>> repository (or
> >>>> even organization) for this so that anybody can help translating it
> >>>> into
> >>>> other languages:
> >>>> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2020/099789.html
> >>>
> >>> If you want to see it under
> >>>      https://github.com/contextgarden/
> >>> just propose the repository name and list the usernames for those who
> >>> should initially have access.
> >> also because that would fit well into the plans for a bunch of
> >> context related repositories
> >>
> >> Hans
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>                                            Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
> >>                Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
> >>         tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
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> >>
> >
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> --
> Joaquín Ataz López
> Derecho Civil
> Universidad de Murcia
>
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>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:17:41 +0100
> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV
> Hi Joaquín,
>
> Here is a small suggestion, which would have a few different uses. The
> following link, which I copied from the index, should take you to the
> definition of \vbox:
>
>
> https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A117%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22Fit%22%7D%5D
>
> This works at least in some browsers, or by passing the stuff after #
> as a suitable command-line argument to some PDF viewers.
>
> So, it would be really nice to make those named destinations stable and
> readable, for instance
>
> https://webs.um.es/jal/docs/introCTX_eng.pdf#vbox
>
> I suspect this is either a switch you turn on in ConTeXt, or something
> that would still need to be implemented as a feature.
>
> Best,
> Augusto
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:00 AM Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >  > Am 03.01.2021 um 22:24 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>:
> >  >
> >  > On 1/3/2021 10:02 PM, BPJ wrote:
> >  >> I understand that and it is all well and good. I am wondering if
> > there already is *another* text which presupposes basic knowledge of
> > TeX and general knowledge of LaTeX, perhaps in a by-topic style.
> >  > I think this relates to the question how someone comes to tex and
> > then to context. Are tex macro packages used alongside and such? Are
> > there 'from word/office to tex' or reverse manuals? What could be a
> > motivation to write one.
> >
> >  I guess most ConTeXt users migrated from LaTeX at some point, so
> > that guide would really make sense. But I can’t write it either,
> > even if I’m also working with LaTeX (but just as a user of one
> > special class).
> >
> >  If I run into a problem in LaTeX that I know to solve in ConTeXt,
> > the approach is never right.
> >
> >  I think the similarities of LaTeX and ConTeXt are mostly misleading,
> > you’re better off trying to forget everything and start anew.
> >
> >  In LaTeX most problems are solved with “use this or that
> > package”, without the need to understand the commands and settings
> > involved, while in ConTeXt most problems are solved with
> > \setupsomething[somekey=somevalue].
> >
> >  Of course it helps to understand basic TeX stuff – but you’re
> > not supposed to use (plain) TeX commands in LaTeX, while it is or was
> > much more usual in ConTeXt.
> >
> >  Writing my book I have users of text processors (Word/LibreOffice)
> > and layout applications (InDesign etc.) in mind, even if I assume
> > that most readers (if I’ll ever publish it...) will come from LaTeX.
> >
> >
> >
> >  > So, one way out could be to have some collection of tips /
> > suggestions and turn that into a kind of manual. Something to do by
> > those who make some transition or use alongside. The wiki is the
> > place start with that.
> >  >
> >  > So .. up to users.
> >
> >  Yes, and that means: up to users migrating from LaTeX and
> > documenting their struggles.
> >
> >  Hraban
> >
> >
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>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com>
> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 09:41:13 +0100
> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Randomize order of blocks
> Hi Jairo,
>
> One can indeed make quizzes and exams with randomized order of problems,
> randomized values and even randomized names of functions and variables.
> I have some examples which I have been using for several years (they are
> useful especially in these days of giving exams online…): I can send them
> to you as they are, or if you tell me what kind of problems you want, then
> I can adapt my examples before sending them to you.
>
> Best regards: Otared
>
> > On 5 Jan 2021, at 17:18, Jairo A. del Rio <jairoadelrio6@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, list.
> >
> > Some time ago I realized ConTeXt has "blocks" which allow one to make
> quizzes, exams and related with ease. However, I want to know if there's an
> option to randomize their order when printed. Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Jairo
> >
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
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> ___________________________________________________________________________________
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>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com>
> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 09:55:54 +0100
> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Randomize order of blocks
> Following up my previous message, here is an example:
>
> %% begin shuffled list of exercises
> \setuprandomize[2021]
>
> \startluacode
>         function shuffle(tableau)
>                 local maxsize, t, tt
>                 maxsize = #tableau
>                 tt = {}
>                 t = {}
>                 for i = 1, maxsize do
>                         t[i] = {}
>                         t[i]["columnOne"] = tableau[i]
>                         t[i]["columnTwo"] = math.random(1,100*maxsize)
>                 end
>                 table.sort(t, function(a,b) return a.columnTwo <
> b.columnTwo end)
>                 for i = 1, maxsize do
>                         tt[i] = t[i]["columnOne"]
>                 end
>                 return tt
>         end
> \stopluacode
>
> % We define three arrays
> % with the names, the functions and their derivatives
> % One could also add a ListOfVariables...
>
> \startluacode
>
>         ListOfNames = {
>                 "f",
>                 "g",
>                 "h",
>                 "u",
>                 "v",
>                 "F",
>                 "G",
>                 "H",
>         }
>
>         ListOfFunctions = {
>                 "\\cos(x^2)",
>                 "x\\sin(x)",
>                 "\\tan(x)",
>                 "x^3 - 3x^2 + 1",
>                 "\\frac{1}{1 + x^2}",
>                 "\\sin(\\log(x))",
>                 }
>
>         ListOfDerivatives = {
>                 "-2x\\sin(x^2)",
>                 "x\\cos(x) + \\sin(x)",
>                 "1 + \\tan(x)^2",
>                 "3x^2 - 6x",
>                 "\\frac{-2x}{(1 + x^2)^2}",
>                 "\\frac{\\cos(\\log(x))}{x}",
>                 }
>
> \stopluacode
>
> \starttext
>
> % We define a buffer and a shuffled list of integers
>
> \startbuffer[test-derivatives]
> \startluacode
>         ShuffledList = shuffle({1,2,3,4,5,6})
> \stopluacode
>
> Let $\cldcontext{ListOfNames[ShuffledList[\recurselevel]]}(x) :=
> \cldcontext{ListOfFunctions[ShuffledList[\recurselevel]]}$. Prove that
> \startformula
> \cldcontext{ListOfNames[ShuffledList[\recurselevel]]}'(x) =
> \cldcontext{ListOfDerivatives[ShuffledList[\recurselevel]]}
> \stopformula
> \stopbuffer
>
> \dorecurse{6}{\blank[medium]{\bf Exercise #1.}
>         \getbuffer[test-derivatives]
>         }
>
> \stoptext
>
> %% end shuffled list of exercises
>
>
> > On 6 Jan 2021, at 09:41, Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jairo,
> >
> > One can indeed make quizzes and exams with randomized order of problems,
> randomized values and even randomized names of functions and variables.
> > I have some examples which I have been using for several years (they are
> useful especially in these days of giving exams online…): I can send them
> to you as they are, or if you tell me what kind of problems you want, then
> I can adapt my examples before sending them to you.
> >
> > Best regards: Otared
> >
> >> On 5 Jan 2021, at 17:18, Jairo A. del Rio <jairoadelrio6@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, list.
> >>
> >> Some time ago I realized ConTeXt has "blocks" which allow one to make
> quizzes, exams and related with ease. However, I want to know if there's an
> option to randomize their order when printed. Thank you in advance.
> >>
> >> Jairo
> >>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry
> to the Wiki!
> >>
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> >> archive  : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/
> >> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
> >>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> >
>
>
>
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