From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Learning ConTeXt from the Ground Up
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51BACA51.50601@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG5iGsDp-0v=CHNmLHNVUt5VsgRyPKkpAmhTLR76wXzFKi20pw@mail.gmail.com>
On 6/14/2013 9:17 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Malte Stien <malte@stien.de
> <mailto:malte@stien.de>> wrote:
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> To gather information about ConTeXt I have
> - read the ConTeXt Reference Manual (http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf)
> - bought a couple of the published books by Hans Hagen
> - started reading the "TeX book" by Donald Knuth
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> I have even briefly flirted with the idea of switching to LaTeX
> mainly because it would mean having a lot more literature and a
> broader community at my disposal. However, I just prefer the command
> structure and output of ConTeXt. Can anyone relate to my problem? Am
> I on the right track? What else should I be doing or reading to
> really break into ConTeXt?
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> you have missed
> - read the source
> Take a problem, grep the source see how Hans addresses the problem.
> There are examples on how to use a feature that sometime are not
> explained in manuals.
other resources:
- the wiki
- the test suite (lots of small examples)
- modules by (e.g. wolfgangs modules are mkiv compliant)
- maybe examples on stack exchange (there are nice ones there)
- sites like http://randomdeterminism.wordpress.com
and probably more
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-14 7:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-14 5:19 Malte Stien
2013-06-14 7:17 ` luigi scarso
2013-06-14 7:46 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2013-06-14 7:41 ` Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o.
2013-06-16 8:56 ` Dmitriy Tokarev
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