I totally agree. My experience with ConTeXt is that I can obtain  
incredible results. But I have to dig into docs, typically with no  
much hope,  and at the end I ask the list. The solution is typically  
cut and past from a guru's email :-).

Best

-a-

On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010, John Haltiwanger wrote:
>
>> Interestingly, this conversation has cleared up a few lingering  
>> details in
>> my mind re: ConTeXt. Maybe a poetry typesetting tutorial is a  
>> worthy way to
>> explain some key concepts?
>
> Definite write such a tutorial. I think ConTeXt is lacking such  
> explanations by beginners on how they understood specific  
> ConTeXtisms. Most ConTeXt tutorials and manuals are written by users  
> who know ConTeXt too well to realize what others may find to be  
> confusing.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Aditya
>
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