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From: Vnpenguin <vnpenguin@vnoss.org>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Ideas for restructuring the ConTeXt garden?
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:01:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinJ=JbT19Y0McHRp9Vs=cUQC25S_NEANT0dNo1e@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <004301cbe0f1$359f65d0$a0de3170$@gmx.de>

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 21:08, C. <metan0r@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently started using context. I migrated from latex to xelatex to
> context. Mainly because of the better font support. I now value context also
> for its superior abilities. I feel that I can do more stuff without the use
> of \usepackage for this, \usepackage for that. When I read the
> documentation, I get the feeling that a lot of thoughts went into the
> options that are presented but it's still easy to customize (if you know how
> to do it :D)
> Here is my input to your questions.
>
> 1) why users are confused with mkiv/mkii?
> The difference is not well explained. Also, mkii (which I don't use) sounds
> like "the old version". When I first read about context, it was like "well,
> we have this and that (mkii and mkiv)" but it should say "we have mkii,
> [insert here: what can it do, for what users is it recommended, pros/cons]
> and mkiv [insert info]. If you are not sure what to use, then you should use
> mkiv, because that is the future." Or something like that.

For me I don't care mkii. I use only mkiv. It's better to separate
completely mkii from mkiv distribution. Yes, I see, in this case there
is some work more for ConTeXt team.

> 2) why they my be reluctant to install the minimals?
> Because they already have it in miktex, texlive. What they don't know is
> that these versions are outdated and due to the heavy development pretty
> far behind. Plus, it should say "Context Standalone" because that is what it
> is.

Yes, agreed !

mkii should be named "ConTeXt Legacy" ?
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-13  7:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-10 14:38 \setuppublications problem Jean Magnan de Bornier
2011-03-11 12:00 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2011-03-12  7:37   ` Jean Magnan de Bornier
2011-03-12 10:09     ` Thomas Schmitz
2011-03-12 10:36       ` Jean Magnan de Bornier
2011-03-12 10:45       ` Florian Wobbe
2011-03-12 11:08         ` Thomas Schmitz
2011-03-12 12:21           ` Ideas for restructuring the ConTeXt garden? Florian Wobbe
2011-03-12 13:05             ` Marco
2011-03-12 14:08               ` Mojca Miklavec
2011-03-12 16:20             ` Procházka Lukáš
2011-03-12 20:02               ` Jaroslav Hajtmar
2011-03-12 20:08             ` C.
2011-03-12 23:04               ` Pontus Lurcock
2011-03-14  7:46                 ` Taco Hoekwater
2011-03-14 20:26                   ` Mojca Miklavec
2011-03-14 21:15                     ` mathew
2011-03-13  7:01               ` Vnpenguin [this message]
2011-03-13  4:48             ` mathew
2011-03-13  5:03               ` Pontus Lurcock
2011-03-13  6:25                 ` luigi scarso
2011-03-13  7:42                   ` Minimals (was: Ideas for restructuring the ConTeXt garden?) Alan BRASLAU
2011-03-13  7:56                     ` Minimals Taco Hoekwater
2011-03-13  8:22                       ` Minimals luigi scarso
2011-03-13 21:35                 ` Minimals (was: Ideas for restructuring the ConTeXt garden?) Henning Hraban Ramm
2011-03-14  7:40                   ` Mojca Miklavec
2011-03-14 13:04             ` Ideas for restructuring the ConTeXt garden? Carlos Breton Besnier
2011-03-14 15:16             ` Carlos Breton Besnier
2011-03-16 12:37               ` Vedran Miletić
2011-04-26 10:27                 ` Ian Lawrence
2011-03-14 15:17             ` Carlos Breton
2011-03-12 16:02           ` \setuppublications problem John Haltiwanger
2011-03-12 23:35 Ideas for restructuring the ConTeXt garden? Henry House
2011-03-13  7:54 ` Taco Hoekwater
2011-03-13  9:00 ` Thomas Schmitz
2011-03-13 20:34 ` Aditya Mahajan
2011-03-14  0:07   ` Alasdair McAndrew
2011-03-14  3:12     ` Aditya Mahajan
2011-03-14 10:42       ` Philipp Gesang
2011-03-14  3:32     ` mathew
2011-03-14  4:21       ` Alasdair McAndrew
2011-03-14  4:54         ` Aditya Mahajan
2011-03-14  6:33           ` Alasdair McAndrew
2011-03-14  7:07             ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2011-03-14  9:17           ` Martin Schröder
2011-03-14 10:43             ` Alasdair McAndrew

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