* Is conTeXt good for book writing? @ 2005-12-10 17:47 leon 2005-12-10 23:06 ` Idris Samawi Hamid 2005-12-10 23:53 ` Idris Samawi Hamid 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: leon @ 2005-12-10 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw) Hi all, I'm completely new to conTeXt though I've heard enough good thing about it. Now I have a chance to write a book. I'm wondering is it more effective to write in conTeXt than LaTeX given I'm new to both. Can you point out some help document that can start me off? Thank you for your help. -- .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. . * . . /.\ Merry Christmas . . /..'\ . . /'.'\ -- Leon . . /.''.'\ . . /.'.'.\ . . /'.''.'.\ . . ^^^[_]^^^ . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Is conTeXt good for book writing? 2005-12-10 17:47 Is conTeXt good for book writing? leon @ 2005-12-10 23:06 ` Idris Samawi Hamid 2005-12-10 23:53 ` Idris Samawi Hamid 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2005-12-10 23:06 UTC (permalink / raw) Hi Leon, In general, I think there can be no doubt that ConTeXt is much more flexible than LaTeX for book writing, although the latter is far more well-known. 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 On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:47:24 -0700, leon <sdl.web@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm completely new to conTeXt though I've heard enough good thing about > it. Now I have a chance to write a book. I'm wondering is it more > effective to write in conTeXt than LaTeX given I'm new to both. Can you > point out some help document that can start me off? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Is conTeXt good for book writing? 2005-12-10 17:47 Is conTeXt good for book writing? leon 2005-12-10 23:06 ` Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2005-12-10 23:53 ` Idris Samawi Hamid 2005-12-11 2:18 ` leon 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2005-12-10 23:53 UTC (permalink / raw) Hi Leon, In general, I think there can be no doubt that ConTeXt is much more flexible than LaTeX for book writing, although the latter is far more well-known. 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 On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:47:24 -0700, leon <sdl.web@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm completely new to conTeXt though I've heard enough good thing about > it. Now I have a chance to write a book. I'm wondering is it more > effective to write in conTeXt than LaTeX given I'm new to both. Can you > point out some help document that can start me off? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Is conTeXt good for book writing? 2005-12-10 23:53 ` Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2005-12-11 2:18 ` leon 2005-12-11 2:47 ` Idris Samawi Hamid 2005-12-11 9:56 ` Renaud AUBIN 0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: leon @ 2005-12-11 2:18 UTC (permalink / raw) "Idris Samawi Hamid" <ishamid@colostate.edu> writes: | Hi Leon, | | In general, I think there can be no doubt that ConTeXt is much more | flexible than LaTeX for book writing, although the latter is far more | well-known. 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 . . /.''.'\ . . /.'.'.\ . . /'.''.'.\ . . ^^^[_]^^^ . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Re: Is conTeXt good for book writing? 2005-12-11 2:18 ` leon @ 2005-12-11 2:47 ` Idris Samawi Hamid 2005-12-12 22:03 ` leon 2005-12-11 9:56 ` Renaud AUBIN 1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2005-12-11 2:47 UTC (permalink / raw) On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:18:19 -0700, leon <sdl.web@gmail.com> wrote: > What editor do you use for editing conTeXt file? I've been using auctex > with emacs for editting latex files? Are you on Unix, Mac, or Windows? Hans Hagen uses Scite, a context-ready version is available from Pragma (at least for Windows, I'm sure the configuration files are available for other platforms); I mostly use WinEdt, perhaps the best TeX-editor ever for endusers, but it's Windows only-( and no Unicode-(( Fabrice has a ConTeXt-aware version of XEmacs that comes with XemTeX for Windows; perhaps his configuration files can easily be ported to Linux, etc... Others on the list can point you to auctex configuration files for context, or the best Mac editors, etc. Hmm, just looked at the wiki; check this out: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Text_editor Best Idris ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Is conTeXt good for book writing? 2005-12-11 2:47 ` Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2005-12-12 22:03 ` leon 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: leon @ 2005-12-12 22:03 UTC (permalink / raw) I use linux. I just read the editor list in the wiki page. It's really informative. Thanks. "Idris Samawi Hamid" <ishamid@colostate.edu> writes: | On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:18:19 -0700, leon <sdl.web@gmail.com> wrote: | | > What editor do you use for editing conTeXt file? I've been using auctex | > with emacs for editting latex files? | | Are you on Unix, Mac, or Windows? | | Hans Hagen uses Scite, a context-ready version is available from | Pragma (at least for Windows, I'm sure the configuration files are | available for other platforms); | | I mostly use WinEdt, perhaps the best TeX-editor ever for endusers, | but it's Windows only-( and no Unicode-(( | | Fabrice has a ConTeXt-aware version of XEmacs that comes with XemTeX | for Windows; perhaps his configuration files can easily be ported to | Linux, etc... | | Others on the list can point you to auctex configuration files for | context, or the best Mac editors, etc. | | Hmm, just looked at the wiki; check this out: | | http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Text_editor | | Best | Idris -- .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. . * . . /.\ Merry Christmas . . /..'\ . . /'.'\ -- Leon . . /.''.'\ . . /.'.'.\ . . /'.''.'.\ . . ^^^[_]^^^ . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Re: Is conTeXt good for book writing? 2005-12-11 2:18 ` leon 2005-12-11 2:47 ` Idris Samawi Hamid @ 2005-12-11 9:56 ` Renaud AUBIN 1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Renaud AUBIN @ 2005-12-11 9:56 UTC (permalink / raw) leon a écrit : >"Idris Samawi Hamid" <ishamid@colostate.edu> writes: > > | Hi Leon, > | > | In general, I think there can be no doubt that ConTeXt is much more > | flexible than LaTeX for book writing, although the latter is far more > | well-known. 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. > > > Hi Leon, If you're addicted to GNU Emacs, there is a context-mode in auctex. Search for the thread "[NTG-context] GNU Emacs/ AucTeX configuration for ConTeXt". Just try M-x context-mode within emacs and if you have a context menubar, your AucTeX is ready. Syntax highlightning and indenting are sparse but if you have some lisp knowledge, maybe you can extend auctex... If you're not addicted to GNU Emacs, try Scite... ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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