From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/38969 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Jan_Kralji=E8?=" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: ConTeXt book Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:49:10 +0100 Message-ID: <49eb7fab0802060049y127fef19rd6448419e3341083@mail.gmail.com> References: <200802040027.13789.matija.suklje@rutka.net> <20080204180515.GA28560@phare.normalesup.org> <50AE7923-2CA4-4113-9204-CFDA461CAFD0@fiee.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0825519834==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202287833 7054 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2008 08:50:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:50:33 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Feb 06 09:50:55 2008 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 1JMfza-0007IV-Sf for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:50:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F61D1FCD3; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:50:26 +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 22933-02-9; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:49:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E3B1FCF6; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:49:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D21E1FCF6 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:49:45 +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 22933-02-8 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:49:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52E281FCD3 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:49:12 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m16so450927waf.14 for ; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:49:10 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.115.92.2 with SMTP id u2mr3769880wal.139.1202287750577; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:49:10 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.114.159.4 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 00:49:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50AE7923-2CA4-4113-9204-CFDA461CAFD0@fiee.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8e907c4bcf0c4e2c 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:38969 Archived-At: --===============0825519834== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_22225_5327387.1202287750572" ------=_Part_22225_5327387.1202287750572 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello, i think it would be great to have some basic documentation published. My idea is to create "Basic ConTeXt guide" with start documentation for new user. This is what should be in: 1. Chapter: What is ConTeXt, what it included, which are basic modules, what is needed to start with Context, maybe something about instalation 2. Chapter: first document step by step, second document (something like on contexgarden, maybe little longer step by step) 3. Chapter: my first letter ( how to write little longer document "in style") 4. Chapter: Formating - quick introduction in text aligment,, fonts (size and format), tables, how to setup setups page design (mergins...) 5. Chapter: How to create simple presentation 6. Tips and Tricks (maybe some FAQ explained) Appedix A: Table of math symbols with examples (like sum, matrix...) Appedix B: Article From Latex to Context ...... Now my question: are we able to create some book like this? And would be users interested to buy/use it? Jan -- Macs are for those who don't want to know why their computer works. Linux is for those who want to know why their computer works. DOS is for those who want to know why their computer doesn't work. Windows is for those who don't want to know why their computer doesn't work. ------=_Part_22225_5327387.1202287750572 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello,

i think it would be great to have some basic documentation published. My idea is to create "Basic ConTeXt guide" with start documentation for new user. This is what should be in:

1. Chapter: What is ConTeXt, what it included, which are basic modules, what is needed to start with Context, maybe something about instalation

2. Chapter: first document step by step, second document (something like on contexgarden, maybe little longer step by step)

3. Chapter: my first letter ( how to write little longer document "in style")

4. Chapter: Formating - quick introduction in text aligment,, fonts (size and format), tables, how to setup setups page design (mergins...)

5. Chapter: How to create simple presentation

6. Tips and Tricks (maybe some FAQ explained)

Appedix A: Table of math symbols with examples (like sum, matrix...)

Appedix B: Article From Latex to Context
......

Now my question: are we able to create some book like this? And would be users interested to buy/use it?

Jan


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