From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/24260 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: leon Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Is conTeXt good for book writing? 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LaTeX has a package, memoir, that makes LaTeX much better for | book writing, but I still prefer ConTeXt because of its much more | integrated and consistent user interface overall. | | As for documentation, start here: | | http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-1.htm | | BTW: I mainly typeset books and journals, came from LaTeX, and will never | go back if I can help it... | | Best | Idris Hi Idris, Many thanks for this information. I'm considering using ConTeXt. Can I just follow here a quick question for you: What editor do you use for editing conTeXt file? I've been using auctex with emacs for editting latex files? Thanks again. -- .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. . * . . /.\ Merry Christmas . . /..'\ . . /'.'\ -- Leon . . /.''.'\ . . /.'.'.\ . . /'.''.'.\ . . ^^^[_]^^^ . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.