From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/23366 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Pearson, Mark (Capita Symonds)" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: RE: Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt? Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:22:59 -0000 Message-ID: <4A78B8B834217341AA3152A47BB3C44701C2F914@CAPITACAREXCH01.central.ad.capita.co.uk> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131546574 18177 80.91.229.2 (9 Nov 2005 14:29:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:29:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Nov 09 15:29:28 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 1EZquF-0002KO-3H for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:26:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B66D112800; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:26:30 +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 02263-02; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:26:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3703C12815; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:22:58 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00BC512815 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:22:57 +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 02263-01 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:22:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail117.messagelabs.com (mail117.messagelabs.com [195.245.231.211]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id CF0DA12800 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:22:55 +0100 (CET) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: mark.pearson@capita.co.uk X-Msg-Ref: server-14.tower-117.messagelabs.com!1131546172!23052107!3 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.9.1; banners=capita.co.uk,-,- X-Originating-IP: [62.172.205.3] Original-Received: (qmail 17217 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2005 14:22:53 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO CAPMSXL01.central.ad.capita.co.uk) (62.172.205.3) by server-14.tower-117.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 9 Nov 2005 14:22:53 -0000 Original-Received: from CAPMSXL02.central.ad.capita.co.uk ([10.88.24.67]) by CAPMSXL01.central.ad.capita.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:22:38 +0000 Original-Received: from CAPITACAREXCH01.central.ad.capita.co.uk ([10.4.1.6]) by CAPMSXL02.central.ad.capita.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:22:37 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt? thread-index: AcXhU1H25sXVLBdGTZeAX1Ibkq8I3wDy0KIg Original-To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Nov 2005 14:22:37.0817 (UTC) FILETIME=[09149E90:01C5E539] 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-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:23366 Archived-At: Hi=20All, I'm=20currently=20working=20in=20a=20team=20which=20is=20building=20a=20sy= stem=20for the=20automatic=20production=20of=20office=20stationery=20(business=20card= s, letterheads=20and=20compliment=20slips)=20with=20ConTeXt=20at=20its=20hear= t.=20 The=20system=20provides=20a=20web-application=20front=20end=20for=20select= ed users=20to=20create=20stationery=20orders.=20These=20orders=20are=20then=20= processed=20to=20produce=20.tex=20files,=20which=20are=20processed=20by=20= ConTeXt=20to=20produce=20press-ready=20PDFs.=20The=20PDFs=20are=20sent=20w= ith order=20details=20straight=20to=20our=20in-house=20printing=20department. I=20was=20tasked=20with=20creating=20the=20PDF=20engine=20and=20chose=20Co= nTeXt because=20(a)=20I=20have=20a=20lot=20of=20experience=20with=20LaTeX=20and=20= hence=20a great=20deal=20of=20respect=20for=20TeX's=20capabilities=20but=20(b)=20kne= w=20that controlling=20the=20layouts=20in=20LaTeX=20would=20be=20a=20pain. The=20following=20features=20of=20ConTeXt=20are=20used=20in=20this=20proje= ct: *=20Native=20support=20for=20OpenType=20fonts *=20Support=20for=20creation=20of=20high=20quality=20press-ready=20PDFs *=20Fine=20control=20over=20document=20layout,=20page=20design=20etc. *=20Support=20for=20embedding=20JPG,=20TIFF,=20PNG=20amd=20PDF=20images *=20Support=20for=20the=20use=20of=20named=20(PANTONE)=20spot=20colours The=20choice=20of=20ConTeXt=20was=20not=20an=20easy=20one=20having=20never= =20used it=20before=20but=20my=20gut=20feeling=20was=20that=20it=20is=20a=20very=20= powerful and=20flexible=20piece=20of=20software.=20It=20has=20met=20all=20my=20requ= irements so=20far=20but=20not=20without=20a=20fight,=20as=20the=20documentation=20c= an=20be very=20sparse!=20 I=20will=20certainly=20contribute=20what=20documentation=20I=20can=20when=20= I have=20more=20time. 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