From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: How to find the source code/documentation for a specific command
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:25:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <516D7B69.50106@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e9b2ab3767d8eb99d3d1cbb83dee4b30@thomas-corbiere.name>
On 4/16/2013 6:07 PM, contact@thomas-corbiere.name wrote:
> Hello ConTeXt list,
>
> I am a new user of ConTeXt and I am trying to write my very first
> document with this program.
> However, it is often difficult to find explanation about commands and
> their options.
> Most of the documentation and examples seems outdated or incomplete... I
> know that you are
> currently writing a new version of the manuals and that it is a time
> consuming task so
> before I plague you with questions I may have, I would like to know how
> to find the source
> code of a command (which may include embedded documentation).
>
> For example how can I find the source file for the \setupinteraction
> command? (I am using ConTeXt
> on Windows.). If I can find more information by myself I will not have
> to take too much of your
> time.
interaction is mostly dealt with in scrn-* files and strc-ref
don't get too confused by dates of manuals, many commands are still the
same (maybe extended) like for instance interaction related commands
anyhow, there is a zip with test files on the webbsite that has lots of
(test) examples, somewhat organized that you can run as test
Hans
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2013-04-16 16:07 contact
2013-04-16 16:25 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2013-04-16 20:34 ` contact
2013-04-17 13:19 ` Hans Hagen
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