Re: documentation

[Yuri Teixeira <yuriteixeira235@gmail.com>]

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Thank you for the response. I'll keep this description in mind when looking
up stuff and contribute what I can in the wiki (which is still down for me).

YT


2014-07-08 4:57 GMT-03:00 Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>:

> On 7/7/2014 8:51 PM, Yuri Teixeira wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I'm sorry this probably is a dumb question but I'm really lost in my
>> searches. I'm new to context/tex and have been learning/finding
>> information in the wiki at the contextgarden.net
>> <http://contextgarden.net> for the past couple of weeks. Some of
>>
>> information there don't seem up to date but nothing unusual in an
>> unofficial wiki. For some reason (isp/dns/something) the
>> contextgarden.net <http://contextgarden.net> has been unavailiable to me
>>
>> since yesterday even though some verification sites show it up and some
>> show it down (http://www..isitdownrightnow.com
>>
>> <http://www.isitdownrightnow.com> been one of the later). That got me
>> wondering if there are easy official docs. I've seen the pdfs at
>> pragma-ade.com <http://pragma-ade.com> but the most general ones I tried
>>
>> are from 1999 (ms-cb-en.pdf) and 2001 (cont-eni.pdf). Are these up to
>> date with the current developments? I belive they are compatible but
>> having seen examples of changes in the wiki I a little unsure.
>> Furthermore, the parameter behavior description in the command reference
>> seem a bit... dry. So here's my plea for a little bit more love for the
>> documentation.
>> In any way, thank you very much for an awesome language, I'm glad I
>> researched thoroughly before jumping into latex.
>>
>
> When mechanisms in context are extended, we try to remain downward
> compatible, at least in functionality. Therefore the old manuals are
> normally okay (no need to fake updates with newer dates.) There are however
> a few core mechanisms that are obsolete and/or changed and those are input
> encodings (now always utf) and fonts (now always unicode - or mapped to
> unicode - using features cf open type and more).
>
> In practice input encodings and fonts have always been complex: what input
> encoding to choose and what font encoding to use, then running into
> availability of fonts, differences per language, differences per user. A
> bit of installation nightmare and user support as soon as it became less
> standard. By the time that had become easier (tex gyre and lm project) the
> move to opentype was made so most of the documentation had become somewhat
> obsolete.
>
> So, when using old manuals, keep in mind that encodings, regimes and fonts
> are less hassle now and no special commands are needed to use and combine
> these properties.
>
> In addition some mechanisms were extended and improved in mkiv (sectioning
> and so) which means that there are additional ways to configure them.
>
> That leaves mechanisms that are completely redone. One example is
> bibliographies, but users who need them will have no real problems adapting
> and these come with new manuals.
>
> Stick to mkiv. It's the one where the action takes place.
>
> Hans
>
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