From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/53646 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Spam:*****, Re: Page Numbering Hell Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:48:24 +0200 Message-ID: <4AE2E988.6040802@wxs.nl> References: <51CAD0CE1504444DBE77CBBE51A0135D6CE2B0@slcmail.slc.mew.int> <200910210913.55415.alan.braslau@cea.fr> <51CAD0CE1504444DBE77CBBE51A0135D6CE2B9@slcmail.slc.mew.int> <200910211800.46075.alan.braslau@cea.fr> <51CAD0CE1504444DBE77CBBE51A0135D6CE2DF@slcmail.slc.mew.int> 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 1256457005 5581 80.91.229.12 (25 Oct 2009 07:50:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:50:05 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Oct 25 08:49:58 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N1xrS-0002ga-Em for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:49:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B6C1C9C85; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:45:18 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id JtSzv5WkQlRx; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:45:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CFBCC9C9C; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:42:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B962C9A70 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:47:32 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id p7Ab6lQvzntE for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:47:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.solcon.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 105D3C9A63 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:47:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.100; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-9 (SurgeMail 4.2a2) with ESMTP id 1886-1713362 for multiple; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:48:05 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) In-Reply-To: <51CAD0CE1504444DBE77CBBE51A0135D6CE2DF@slcmail.slc.mew.int> X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:53646 Archived-At: Bryant Eastham wrote: [in addition to what others have said] > 1. Should I use mkii or mkiv? If mkii, then what should I plan on as > schedule for upgrading? if you plan to use context for a long time and want to be save with respect to fonts and encodings, i'd gamble on mkiv (here we use mkiv for everything but also run mkiv in projects that started year sago and have to run fo rmay years to come); in general it's no big deal to switch from mkii to mkiv later > 2. Should I use context or texexec? As I understand, this is the same as > asking whether to use pdftex or luatex. It may also be related to the > mkii/mkiv issue, but I am less sure of that. context is a lua script and mkiv needs that one; texexec targets at mkii; in principle you can use contet to run mkii as well, as it will just call texexec; i have no time now (nor much reason) to convert the bit of code that mkii needs to lua, otherwise texexec could be dropped concerning the 35 docs with 100's of pages ... the more docs and pages, the more time you can spend on a proper style setup (and investigation); anyhow, we use mkiv for small docs (manuals) as well as for handling large collections for customers (tens of thousands of different pages, spread over hundreds of documents, to be assembled in any combination or subset) and so far it works out ok, even if it's beta Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________