From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/74191 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steffen Wolfrum Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: =?windows-1252?q?What=92s_your_favorite_command=3F?= Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:41 +0100 Message-ID: <8695520A-3C27-4563-ACCE-43B456CD8279@st.estfiles.de> References: <8C8A3349-532E-4F2B-A6CF-0A928EB021B2@googlemail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327963444 8033 80.91.229.3 (30 Jan 2012 22:44:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:44:04 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jan 30 23:44:03 2012 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 1RrzxA-0008OI-Tf for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:44:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D3F6CB238; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:44:00 +0100 (CET) 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 ThVEgfFuuMv8; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:57 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 992DBCB22F; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:57 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDB3BCB22F for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:55 +0100 (CET) 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 mJHx3xBIgVqZ for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:45 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter1-nij.mf.surf.net (filter1-nij.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.152]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35176CB22E for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:45 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtprelay03.ispgateway.de (smtprelay03.ispgateway.de [80.67.29.28]) by filter1-nij.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id q0UMhiZB009863 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:44 +0100 Original-Received: from [89.247.42.182] (helo=[192.168.1.4]) by smtprelay03.ispgateway.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Rrzwt-0007WU-DI for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:43 +0100 In-Reply-To: <8C8A3349-532E-4F2B-A6CF-0A928EB021B2@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Df-Sender: Njk4NTgw X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=80.67.29.28; country=DE; latitude=51.0000; longitude=9.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.0000,9.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 07GrWHIzo - 8d6adf011099 - 20120130 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.152 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:74191 Archived-At: Hi Wolfgang, nice idea starting this thread! Am 30.01.2012 um 19:55 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > Hi all, > = > to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non= regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of = commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functiona= lity). > = > As I started this thread I=92ll present my favorite command which is \don= othing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it=92s o= ne reason why I prefer ConTeXt=92s coding style (especially with the recent= changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. > = > Wolfgang Compared to what Wolfgang, Thomas and Otared wrote my favorite command is a= quite "high-level" command: \offset[x=3D...,y=3D...]{...} I really love his command: It's amazing, it gives so much "spontaneous" fre= edom and power in positioning elements! Without this command the early years of ConTeXT were quite painful ... 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