From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/74765 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jaroslav Hajtmar Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Scribus vs ConTeXt Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:40:46 +0100 Message-ID: <4F4D57EE.5040208@gyza.cz> References: <1330457647.2820.77.camel@kip-laptop> <4F4D371A.3070204@gyza.cz> <64FEA91F-C757-4BE9-81B2-599252394624@fiee.net> Reply-To: hajtmar@gyza.cz, mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330468896 8767 80.91.229.3 (28 Feb 2012 22:41:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:41:36 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Feb 28 23:41:35 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Vjj-0003cw-Co for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94401CB20F; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:34 +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 fSrf-a42HafD; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A94ECB227; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07EB6CB227 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:31 +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 21FNGBjesteO for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46EA5CB20F for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from psi4.forpsi.com (smtpa.forpsi.com [81.2.195.204]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id q1SMfSKC006341 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:28 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 10124 invoked by uid 89); 28 Feb 2012 22:41:26 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.20.101?) (hajtmar@88.103.230.14) by psi04 with ESMTPA; 28 Feb 2012 22:41:26 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; cs; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100216 Thunderbird/3.0.2 In-Reply-To: <64FEA91F-C757-4BE9-81B2-599252394624@fiee.net> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.8164 (Score 2, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=81.2.195.204; country=CZ; latitude=49.7500; longitude=15.5000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49.7500,15.5000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0QGDyFsv7 - 24a9c7455e2b - 20120228 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 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:74765 Archived-At: You have generally right ... But I think that you must not take the = measure of the devilish speed the development rate of development of = ConTEXt :-) I often I make a text document using the Context and the resulting PDF = document I put into Scribus. With Scribus I put graphics, titles etc. For normal use Scribus is a good choice. But you have right - for = professional work in the end one needs a professional tool like InDesign = or QuarkXpress. Jaroslav Dne 28.2.2012 23:26, Henning Hraban Ramm napsal(a): > But it still lacks a lot of essential features for professional work = > (at least in my area), e.g. usable master pages and nondestructional = > import of vector graphics (esp. PDF), CMYK and spot colors. Correct me = > if it gained these lastly - I know they're working on it, but the = > development speed is much much slower than ConTeXt=92s. Maybe it=92s more = > stable and reliable therefore... > > Scribus has at least one feature that sets it ahead of InDesign = > (besides being Open Source): render frames (similar functionality as = > ConTeX=92s filter module - replace foreign sourcecode by its result). = ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________