From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/55266 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Manuel P." Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Using ConTeXt for a thesis? 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(host163-86-dynamic.104-80-r.retail.telecomitalia.it [80.104.86.163]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm7450900fks.22.2009.12.20.04.42.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:42:25 -0800 (PST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) In-Reply-To: <6faad9f00912192309m46d4a76eqa97e18f15ae23c8d@mail.gmail.com> 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:55266 Archived-At: Mojca Miklavec ha scritto: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 22:10, Manuel P. wrote: > >> My requirements are quite easy: something unobtrusive that enable me to >> focus on the content and obtain a nice and consistent look with a virtually >> flat leaning curve (I don't mind a bit of learning, but I can't spend days >> on that). Some pictures, some tables, mainly text. Footnotes, bibliography, >> quotes and easy personalization of footers and headers. >> > > Despite the fact that you can get your questions answered here, it > still makes sense to read (or at least skim through) the two manuals > (CONTEXT, an excursion and cont-eni.pdf from > http://www.pragma-ade.com/overview.htm). > > Mojca > > I've skimmed through the excursion, cont-enp.pdf and contextgarden but I didn't managed to find \lastpage or \setupbackgrounds. I was trying to decide between latex ot context and since I need to start writing I couldn't spend too much time on learning a tool that could have been not usable in my situation. I think I'll use context. Thank you Mojca. Manuel ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________