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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