Re: Using ConTeXt for a thesis?

[John Haltiwanger <john.haltiwanger@gmail.com>]

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ConTeXt is great because there is only one system to learn. As was already
mentioned, it is much more consistent than LaTeX.

One tip is to make sure you are using the electronic version, rather than
the print version, of the ConTeXt manual. Any time you want to accomplish
something, just click index, then click on the page that talks about the
topic you are looking for. Incredible time saver.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Manuel P. <ayeye.sysforge@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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