From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/63636 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Davis Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context,gmane.comp.tex.texhax Subject: Re: Choosing TeX um ... stuff Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:29:37 -0500 Organization: PFD Studio Message-ID: <4CE48181.6000001@pfdstudio.com> References: <4CE45075.5040004@wxs.nl> 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: dough.gmane.org 1290043789 17873 80.91.229.12 (18 Nov 2010 01:29:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:29:49 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users , texhax@tug.org Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Nov 18 02:29:45 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PItJp-0006A0-7G for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:29:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30EE1CA84E; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:29:44 +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 qh7kynExF6NU; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:29:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F53FCA83A; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:29:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C40C3CA83A for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:29:39 +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 jt1z+5I8jKDT for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:29:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-nij.mf.surf.net (filter3-nij.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.154]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F68ECA5D9 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:29:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by filter3-nij.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id oAI1TYNt021896 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:29:35 +0100 Original-Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F85D746; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:29:34 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:29:34 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: aubaWyoc6X0i7mAZxqzPwvMoT3Sv3QluyuBgvcWUCI8Z 1290043774 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.5] (unknown [96.237.177.126]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E315E406274; Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:29:33 -0500 (EST) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.1.6 In-Reply-To: <4CE45075.5040004@wxs.nl> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=66.111.4.25; country=US; region=NY; city=New York; postalcode=10038; latitude=40.7089; longitude=-74.0012; metrocode=501; areacode=212; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.7089,-74.0012&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0dDwptytO - a5f5634aade1 - 20101118 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.154 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:63636 gmane.comp.tex.texhax:14453 Archived-At: Thanks for all the information, and for helping me update and refine my view of the (TeX) world. For the project I'm doing now, which involves creating "desktop publishing type" documents (multiple text flows, explicit control of placement of text and graphic elements, etc.), ConTeXt seems to be winning hand's down. I may also be using the XML features, so that's another plus. However, I'm also attracted by the stability and widespread use of plain TeX and LaTeX. It's clear from this that whatever path I take, there are lots of very knowledgeable and helpful people to get me over the hurdles. Thank you! -pd -- -------- Peter Davis The Tech Curmudgeon - http://www.techcurmudgeon.com Ideas Great and Dumb - http://www.ideasgreatanddumb.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________