From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/48495 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rory Molinari Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt? Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:20:41 -0700 Message-ID: <49BFCDD9.6090507@fastmail.fm> References: <49BF0323.90807@gmail.com> <49BF0C12.90707@studiochango.com> <49BF5C49.2050707@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237360511 1579 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2009 07:15:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:15:11 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Mar 18 08:16:28 2009 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 1Ljq0p-0002kx-Qw for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:16:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44CFE1FD7E; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:15:03 +0100 (CET) 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 15007-01; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:14:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D8E51FD0A; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:14:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6655C1FC91 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:20:51 +0100 (CET) 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 32477-03 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:20:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5AE31FC82 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:20:44 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2HGKh7q013894 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:20:44 +0100 Original-Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DABC2F3934 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:20:43 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:20:43 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: Dqj7NFyPtesGM+Haf0akaCCwufa3mijqerikXHpz/LVF 1237306843 Original-Received: from [10.0.73.103] (nat-204-14-239-170-sfo.net.salesforce.com [204.14.239.170]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F0C584BADF for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:20:42 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) In-Reply-To: <49BF5C49.2050707@elvenkind.com> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=66.111.4.28; country=US; region=NY; city=New York; postalcode=10038; latitude=40.7089; longitude=-74.0012; metrocode=501; areacode=212; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.7089,-74.0012&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 195023199 - 6e63913c2848 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:14:12 +0100 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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:48495 Archived-At: Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Corin Royal Drummond wrote: >> Many have voiced the same complaint. I understand that Hans and every >> one are occupied with building MKIV (aka LuaTeX), and that documentation >> is not their highest priority. There's the wiki, the wonderfully active >> mailing list, and what used to be decent docs from 2001/2002 timeframe. >> But yes, it's a steep hill to climb, made worth it only by the relative >> awesomeness of ConTeXt. > > You missed the reference manual rewrite effort (which is now in > remission mostly because of an extremely depressing lack of user > feedback). > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page#Documentation Hi Taco, I'm sorry that I haven't given much feedback on the documentation project. I got through the Typography chapter, but then was so confounded by the Fonts chapter that I didn't feel able to give comments. I will make another attempt. Cheers, Rory > > Best wishes, > Taco > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________