From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/66091 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Vnpenguin Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: using ConTeXt/LuaTeX instead of a spreadsheet program Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:11:52 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1297878435.3729.38.camel@mattotaupa> 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: dough.gmane.org 1297883560 20742 80.91.229.12 (16 Feb 2011 19:12:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:12:40 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Feb 16 20:12:34 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ppmnh-0004X1-F5 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:12:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D868BC9A7C; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:12:30 +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 Qe1k0NjiUVnk; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:12:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F343ECA977; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:12:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14940C9A7C for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:12:16 +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 EotYwZ6w5178 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:11:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1194CA977 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:11:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com (mail-bw0-f41.google.com [209.85.214.41]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p1GJBqlI016501 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:11:53 +0100 Original-Received: by bwz16 with SMTP id 16so1922446bwz.14 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:11:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=vnoss.org; s=google; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=07xSsraasqLUxiMAhcLXJt7FByyCpjx6rh+ZV0DMLKM=; b=KIY6L+hHlLNrd+V1/2FYMnU8eU3Vs2nC/BchOysOuzM9VpjhLZ+g+4cNDTNmI/UoVO TDNngK+SCtsg8RbLvN6ZdIncGk0JXvvVAH+BraA5nlBxjRkJ0nFx7T4ZxeYfxCD/vEf9 witDg+6nsEwsrrm1ARFAaLX2tBkaG0kqvx/Kk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=vnoss.org; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=WIlAHasz9ZzGDdGKDgDKWHLBIbix6kGM28gLMbopxYf9ALKiQNyIJw9T16S8lirUGM d0wKOsxFw2Z2/RNYVPLddswUpheyF6gQHWxk9aXSt/zL4AVsYanT7Z44ivMf4JBXpoiZ 7welTvuYk0YlZ3b9QDNY1ox1nwUjDVCT8DtxI= Original-Received: by 10.204.7.4 with SMTP id b4mr812568bkb.189.1297883512308; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:11:52 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.204.72.5 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:11:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1297878435.3729.38.camel@mattotaupa> X-Google-Sender-Auth: gcXf85ECu1pmmfgrevKBuoqp2DA X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.214.41; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0rE8HbQpg - 53f14d230180 - 20110216 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 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:66091 Archived-At: On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 18:47, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear ConTeXt folks, > > > could you please share your experiences with or point me to a resource > dealing with the following issue. > > I need to evaluate some physics experiments where I have some values > which got measured. I thought I could use ConTeXt with LuaTeX to do all > the calculations instead of the calculator and enter the results by hand > or a spreadsheet program. > > Would I enter the values (not many) at the top of the TeX document and > refer to them in the other places? Is an extra file a better approach? > > In your place, I'll go to MS Excel or Openoffice Calc :) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________