Hi Alan,

> 1) when new to Conte= xt, coming from LaTeX and learning a new system;
...
> One gets ov= er the first case rather quickly and then there is no
> going back: t= he philosophies are so different.

Hmm, I'll make an effort to be= a LaTeX user and also ConTeXt user.

Best regards,
Atsuhito Kohda=

= 2019=E5=B9=B47=E6=9C=885=E6=97=A5(=E9=87=91) 0:56 Alan Braslau <braslau.list@comcast.net>:
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On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 1= 1:16:22 -0400 (EDT)
Aditya Mahajan <a= dityam@umich.edu> wrote:

> > BTW, I constantly convert Beamer documents into ConTeXt's
> > simpleslide documents recently and it is very convenient
> > if I can use \pmatrix{a&b\cr c&d\cr} style because it is = similar
> > to LaTeX documents.=C2=A0
>
> You can create a private module with the definitions that you need. > If these are general enough, then you can also release it as a third > party module for others to use. I don't see the value of adding (a= nd
> maintaining!) a module that provides LaTeX compatibility as part of > the core.

LaTeX compatibility is desired (by some)
1) when new to Context, coming from LaTeX and learning a new system;
2) for ConTeXt users who are *required* to sometimes use LaTeX,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0for example in submissions to journals etc. that accept LaTeX = but
=C2=A0 =C2=A0cannot handle Context sources.

One gets over the first case rather quickly and then there is no
going back: the philosophies are so different.

In the second case, I restrict myself to a strict use of the journal's<= br> own template (for example with revtex), never asking for anything more
nor anything less.

In a third situation of editors who give lip service to accepting TeX
submissions, I give them plain text for they are going to re-key in
everything in any case. I provide them with a pdf that they can use
to correct their markup.

Alan
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