From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/82980 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Learning ConTeXt from the Ground Up Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:25 +0200 Message-ID: <51BACA51.50601@wxs.nl> References: <79333642-1A64-4BB5-89A6-B0153EB56AA4@stien.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1371196002 4904 80.91.229.3 (14 Jun 2013 07:46:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:46:42 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Jun 14 09:46:44 2013 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 1UnOiZ-0004mx-8m for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EE24101F2; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:40 +0200 (CEST) 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 Hci1y3gnI-4I; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB9E4101E9; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32A63101E9 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:37 +0200 (CEST) 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 d5+zVio0Fozv for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:36 +0200 (CEST) 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 2B811101E4 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp.ziggozakelijk.nl (D57D1DA2.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [213.125.29.162]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r5E7kPD7018959 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:25 +0200 X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.103; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.103] (unverified [10.100.1.103]) by pragma-net.nl (SurgeMail 6.3c2) with ESMTP id 7661-1713362 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:25 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 In-Reply-To: X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=213.125.29.162; country=NL; region=15; city=Zwolle; latitude=52.5058; longitude=6.0858; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5058,6.0858&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0QJM7Kpb4 - 832226e02f20 - 20130614 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:82980 Archived-At: On 6/14/2013 9:17 AM, luigi scarso wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Malte Stien > wrote: > > > 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 > > > 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? > > > 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________