From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44934 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Diego Depaoli" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: PhD Thesis in ConTeXt Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:32:42 +0200 Message-ID: <83e5fb980810211332t5545624avf3f631961fa82287@mail.gmail.com> References: <2D12C869-67A4-4C56-8326-36C8872687A1@fiee.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224621389 29697 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2008 20:36:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:36:29 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Oct 21 22:37:29 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsNyp-0005if-S7 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:37:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF8D1FB38; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:36:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17845-02-2; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:35:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B967F1FB1F; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:35:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1085D1FB1F for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:35:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17845-02 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:34:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.241]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8180C1FADC for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:32:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c8so144955ana.14 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:32:43 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.142.162.5 with SMTP id k5mr3967131wfe.145.1224621162928; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:32:42 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.142.165.13 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:32:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2D12C869-67A4-4C56-8326-36C8872687A1@fiee.net> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:44934 Archived-At: 2008/10/21 Henning Hraban Ramm : >> Or lets ask the devils advocate the other way around: What is >> the point of installing context, when latex could do the trick? Apart >> that I have to re-learn latex anyway.. what is better with Context? > > - ConTeXt's scripts know how often your sources need to be run > - more freedom in design (but some prefer LaTeX's "fixed" document > classes) > - more coherent interface (key=value syntax) > - better support for modern features, esp. with LuaTeX > - integration of external packages like MetaPost, GNUplot etc., see http://modules.contextgarden.net/ > - easy font installation (or no installation at all with XeTeX or > LuaTeX) Please don't forget... this wonderful and helpful mailing list :-) Welcome. -- Diego Depaoli ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________