* ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
@ 2011-08-14 20:23 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2011-08-14 21:16 ` Kip Warner
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد @ 2011-08-14 20:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context, dev-context
Dear gang,
As some of you may know, I'm working on a professional introductory book
for learning ConTeXt. Part of the philosophy of this book is to be as
self-contained as possible, so we'll be using a preferred editor.
Not one editor/ide out there is ideal for ConTeXt (including bidi editing
and other user-friendly configurability). The best balance I could find is
Notepad++ (Npp), and that's what I'm going with. I have done a lot of work
to contextify it, and I have added some new features, such as a
context-menu where one can right-click and get a list of ConTeXt
typography and description options, experimental support for tooltips
(giving options for commands etc), no more manual braces (so far less run
errors) etc.
To take this to the next level I need help: Is there anyone on the list
who knows how to write and compile lexers for scintilla-based editors?
Also, how to compile C++ for M$-Windows based applications such as Npp?
Npp has a rich user-defined dialog, and I have been able to do a lot with
it, but it has some serious limitations. So I'd like to port my
user-definitions to a lexer. We can probably start with the code for the
included TeX lexer, de-latexify it, and add the needed functions for
ConTeXt, including a few other features.
If anyone is interested, please contact me!
Best wishes
Idris
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-14 20:23 ConTeXt Book: Request for help! Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
@ 2011-08-14 21:16 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-14 22:39 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Kip Warner @ 2011-08-14 21:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Cc: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس
سماوي حامد
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On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 14:23 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
حامد wrote:
> Dear gang,
>
> As some of you may know, I'm working on a professional introductory book
> for learning ConTeXt. Part of the philosophy of this book is to be as
> self-contained as possible, so we'll be using a preferred editor.
Hey Idris. I think writing a book is a great idea and much needed. I
don't believe that tying it to a specific editor though is neither
necessary nor a good idea.
> Not one editor/ide out there is ideal for ConTeXt (including bidi editing
> and other user-friendly configurability). The best balance I could find is
> Notepad++ (Npp), and that's what I'm going with.
The problem with Npp is that the tens of millions of users out there
running operating systems like Ubuntu will not be able to use Notepad++
since it is written only for Windows. It might be better to decouple the
editor from the information on ConTeXt itself and perhaps offer editor
specific integration information in an appendix. You'll find that Gedit,
for instance, is very easy to write syntax highlighting for.
Take care,
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-14 21:16 ` Kip Warner
@ 2011-08-14 22:39 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2011-08-15 4:45 ` Alasdair McAndrew
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد @ 2011-08-14 22:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Hi Kip,
On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:16:58 -0600, Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com> wrote:
>> As some of you may know, I'm working on a professional introductory book
>> for learning ConTeXt. Part of the philosophy of this book is to be as
>> self-contained as possible, so we'll be using a preferred editor.
> Hey Idris. I think writing a book is a great idea and much needed. I
> don't believe that tying it to a specific editor though is neither
> necessary nor a good idea.
The Book will not be "tied" to an editor. However, one goal of the book is
to be accessible to absolute newbies for whom the TeX-vs-editor
distinction will be a turn-off. A complete newbie system should include an
editor/environment. The book will be arranged in a way that the two are
not coupled, and those with some TeX or other technical background can
easily ignore Npp.
>> Not one editor/ide out there is ideal for ConTeXt (including bidi
>> editing
>> and other user-friendly configurability). The best balance I could find
>> is
>> Notepad++ (Npp), and that's what I'm going with.
> The problem with Npp is that the tens of millions of users out there
Wow, that would be great if we got tens of millions of users to buy the
Book :D :D :D
> running operating systems like Ubuntu will not be able to use Notepad++
> since it is written only for Windows.
Well, most people using Linux have some technical facility, so they can
configure their own editors.
> It might be better to decouple the
> editor from the information on ConTeXt itself and perhaps offer editor
> specific integration information in an appendix.
That is actually one option I'm considering. In any case.
> You'll find that Gedit,
I did look at gedit, but for the current vision I have for introducing
ConTeXt to non-technical folks it does not work.
Actually, I spent months checking for a better candidate than Npp,
experimenting with just about everything I could get my hands on. On
balance Npp got the best score on all the benchmarks I set. That's not to
say I wouldn't prefer something better, but that decision is done, only to
be revisited if something really AMAZING happens in the next few months.
WinEdt would really have been be my ideal choice -- but the lack of
unicode, bidi is just a non-starter. TeXWorks has a long way to go, and
although I'm a fan of Qt its open-type implementation is buggy; so some
Arabic-monospaced fonts don't show up correctly.
> for instance, is very easy to write syntax highlighting for.
Syntax highlighting is only a small part of what we're doing with Npp.
Otherwise, just the user-defined dialog of Npp would be sufficient.
Click-and-tag, tooltips ... these make for real user-friendliness.
Thanks for the criticism and
Best wishes
Idris
--
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International Journal of Shīʿī Studies
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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2011-08-14 22:39 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
@ 2011-08-15 4:45 ` Alasdair McAndrew
2011-08-15 4:56 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-15 4:57 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-15 9:51 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Alasdair McAndrew @ 2011-08-15 4:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
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Maybe I'm missing the point, but what about Emacs? There are versions for
most operating systems, and emacs+auctex is surely the editing system of
choice for any TeX-based system.
-Alasdair
2011/8/15 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <ishamid@colostate.edu>
> Hi Kip,
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:16:58 -0600, Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com> wrote:
>
> As some of you may know, I'm working on a professional introductory book
>>> for learning ConTeXt. Part of the philosophy of this book is to be as
>>> self-contained as possible, so we'll be using a preferred editor.
>>>
>>
> Hey Idris. I think writing a book is a great idea and much needed. I
>> don't believe that tying it to a specific editor though is neither
>> necessary nor a good idea.
>>
>
> The Book will not be "tied" to an editor. However, one goal of the book is
> to be accessible to absolute newbies for whom the TeX-vs-editor distinction
> will be a turn-off. A complete newbie system should include an
> editor/environment. The book will be arranged in a way that the two are not
> coupled, and those with some TeX or other technical background can easily
> ignore Npp.
>
>
> Not one editor/ide out there is ideal for ConTeXt (including bidi editing
>>> and other user-friendly configurability). The best balance I could find
>>> is
>>> Notepad++ (Npp), and that's what I'm going with.
>>>
>>
> The problem with Npp is that the tens of millions of users out there
>>
>
> Wow, that would be great if we got tens of millions of users to buy the
> Book :D :D :D
>
>
> running operating systems like Ubuntu will not be able to use Notepad++
>> since it is written only for Windows.
>>
>
> Well, most people using Linux have some technical facility, so they can
> configure their own editors.
>
>
> It might be better to decouple the
>> editor from the information on ConTeXt itself and perhaps offer editor
>> specific integration information in an appendix.
>>
>
> That is actually one option I'm considering. In any case.
>
>
> You'll find that Gedit,
>>
>
> I did look at gedit, but for the current vision I have for introducing
> ConTeXt to non-technical folks it does not work.
>
> Actually, I spent months checking for a better candidate than Npp,
> experimenting with just about everything I could get my hands on. On balance
> Npp got the best score on all the benchmarks I set. That's not to say I
> wouldn't prefer something better, but that decision is done, only to be
> revisited if something really AMAZING happens in the next few months.
>
> WinEdt would really have been be my ideal choice -- but the lack of
> unicode, bidi is just a non-starter. TeXWorks has a long way to go, and
> although I'm a fan of Qt its open-type implementation is buggy; so some
> Arabic-monospaced fonts don't show up correctly.
>
>
>
> for instance, is very easy to write syntax highlighting for.
>>
>
> Syntax highlighting is only a small part of what we're doing with Npp.
> Otherwise, just the user-defined dialog of Npp would be sufficient.
> Click-and-tag, tooltips ... these make for real user-friendliness.
>
> Thanks for the criticism and
>
>
> Best wishes
> Idris
> --
> Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
> International Journal of Shīʿī Studies
> Department of Philosophy
> Colorado State University
> Fort Collins, CO 80523
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 4:45 ` Alasdair McAndrew
@ 2011-08-15 4:56 ` Kip Warner
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From: Kip Warner @ 2011-08-15 4:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 14:45 +1000, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing the point, but what about Emacs? There are versions for
> most operating systems, and emacs+auctex is surely the editing system of
> choice for any TeX-based system.
>
> -Alasdair
Emacs I'm sure is great, but it's really not suited for new folks
needing a modern GUI.
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-14 22:39 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2011-08-15 4:45 ` Alasdair McAndrew
@ 2011-08-15 4:57 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-15 6:42 ` Martin Schröder
2011-08-15 7:16 ` luigi scarso
2011-08-15 9:51 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Kip Warner @ 2011-08-15 4:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Cc: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس
سماوي حامد
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On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 16:39 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
حامد wrote:
> Wow, that would be great if we got tens of millions of users to buy the
> Book :D :D :D
;)
> Well, most people using Linux have some technical facility, so they can
> configure their own editors.
I don't know about that. That might have been the case in the early part
of the previous decade, but not so any more. Ubuntu changed all that,
with a large portion of its demographic being "regular users". Most of
them are not programmers.
> That is actually one option I'm considering. In any case.
e.g. an appendix for gedit, one for Npp, one for Scite, Gleany,
whatever.
> I did look at gedit, but for the current vision I have for introducing
> ConTeXt to non-technical folks it does not work.
How so? I use it regularly for ConTeXt code. You just have to use the
LaTeX syntax highlighting, but writing a ConTeXt one should be
straightforward to someone familiar with ConTeXt. The LaTex syntax
highlighting that comes with gedit could be used as a fast starter.
> Actually, I spent months checking for a better candidate than Npp,
> experimenting with just about everything I could get my hands on. On
> balance Npp got the best score on all the benchmarks I set. That's not to
> say I wouldn't prefer something better, but that decision is done, only to
> be revisited if something really AMAZING happens in the next few months.
I'm not disagreeing with you that Npp might be great for beginnings, I'm
just saying that many beginners can't use it because it isn't available
for their operating system.
> WinEdt would really have been be my ideal choice -- but the lack of
> unicode, bidi is just a non-starter. TeXWorks has a long way to go, and
> although I'm a fan of Qt its open-type implementation is buggy; so some
> Arabic-monospaced fonts don't show up correctly.
It's actually an even worse choice than Npp in the sense that, not only
is it available only for Windows, it's non-free.
> Syntax highlighting is only a small part of what we're doing with Npp.
> Otherwise, just the user-defined dialog of Npp would be sufficient.
> Click-and-tag, tooltips ... these make for real user-friendliness.
True enough. I agree that a GUI would be really great.
> Thanks for the criticism and
>
> Best wishes
> Idris
Take care and good luck with the book! I'll probably get a copy myself.
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 4:57 ` Kip Warner
@ 2011-08-15 6:42 ` Martin Schröder
2011-08-15 6:47 ` Herbert Voss
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2011-08-15 7:16 ` luigi scarso
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From: Martin Schröder @ 2011-08-15 6:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
2011/8/15 Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com>:
> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 16:39 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
> حامد wrote:
>> unicode, bidi is just a non-starter. TeXWorks has a long way to go, and
>> although I'm a fan of Qt its open-type implementation is buggy; so some
>> Arabic-monospaced fonts don't show up correctly.
>
> It's actually an even worse choice than Npp in the sense that, not only
> is it available only for Windows, it's non-free.
Are we both talking about http://code.google.com/p/texworks/ ? Because
that's free (GPLv2) and runs on Windows, OSX and Linux.
Best
Martin
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2011-08-15 6:42 ` Martin Schröder
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2011-08-15 16:34 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2011-08-15 18:39 ` Kip Warner
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From: Herbert Voss @ 2011-08-15 6:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Am 15.08.2011 08:42, schrieb Martin Schröder:
> 2011/8/15 Kip Warner<kip@thevertigo.com>:
>> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 16:39 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
>> حامد wrote:
>>> unicode, bidi is just a non-starter. TeXWorks has a long way to go, and
>>> although I'm a fan of Qt its open-type implementation is buggy; so some
>>> Arabic-monospaced fonts don't show up correctly.
>>
>> It's actually an even worse choice than Npp in the sense that, not only
>> is it available only for Windows, it's non-free.
>
> Are we both talking about http://code.google.com/p/texworks/ ? Because
> that's free (GPLv2) and runs on Windows, OSX and Linux.
and comes with a ready made ConTeXt configuration ...
Herbert
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 6:42 ` Martin Schröder
2011-08-15 6:47 ` Herbert Voss
@ 2011-08-15 16:34 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2011-08-15 18:39 ` Kip Warner
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From: Arthur Reutenauer @ 2011-08-15 16:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mailing list for ConTeXt users
> Are we both talking about http://code.google.com/p/texworks/ ? Because
> that's free (GPLv2) and runs on Windows, OSX and Linux.
I guess Kip meant WinEdt.
Arthur
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 6:42 ` Martin Schröder
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2011-08-15 16:34 ` Arthur Reutenauer
@ 2011-08-15 18:39 ` Kip Warner
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From: Kip Warner @ 2011-08-15 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 08:42 +0200, Martin Schröder wrote:
> Are we both talking about http://code.google.com/p/texworks/ ? Because
> that's free (GPLv2) and runs on Windows, OSX and Linux.
>
> Best
> Martin
Hey Martin. I meant WinEdt. Sorry for the ambiguity.
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 4:57 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-15 6:42 ` Martin Schröder
@ 2011-08-15 7:16 ` luigi scarso
2011-08-15 7:20 ` Taco Hoekwater
2011-08-15 7:20 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
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From: luigi scarso @ 2011-08-15 7:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
2011/8/15 Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com>:
> I'm not disagreeing with you that Npp might be great for beginnings, I'm
> just saying that many beginners can't use it because it isn't available
> for their operating system.
Under linux Wine sometimes does a great job.
--
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 7:16 ` luigi scarso
@ 2011-08-15 7:20 ` Taco Hoekwater
2011-08-15 7:37 ` luigi scarso
2011-08-15 18:40 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-15 7:20 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2011-08-15 7:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
On 08/15/2011 09:16 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
> 2011/8/15 Kip Warner<kip@thevertigo.com>:
>> I'm not disagreeing with you that Npp might be great for beginnings, I'm
>> just saying that many beginners can't use it because it isn't available
>> for their operating system.
> Under linux Wine sometimes does a great job.
>
I, for one, am not willing to start wine to run something as basic as a
text editor.
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From: luigi scarso @ 2011-08-15 7:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com> wrote:
> On 08/15/2011 09:16 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
>>
>> 2011/8/15 Kip Warner<kip@thevertigo.com>:
>>>
>>> I'm not disagreeing with you that Npp might be great for beginnings, I'm
>>> just saying that many beginners can't use it because it isn't available
>>> for their operating system.
>>
>> Under linux Wine sometimes does a great job.
>>
> I, for one, am not willing to start wine to run something as basic as a text
> editor.
All this and much more, for ConTeXt.
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> I, for one, am not willing to start wine to run something as basic as a
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From: Thomas A. Schmitz @ 2011-08-15 7:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 08/15/2011 09:16 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
> Under linux Wine sometimes does a great job.
*If* the linux user happens to have 150 bucks and thinks it's a good
idea to give that to Microsoft. No thanks. It's of course way too early
to say anything about a project that I haven't seen a single line of,
but tying it to an editor which is not cross-platform strikes me as a
poor choice. And from what I see on this list, I'm not sure winblows
users are the majority.
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From: Mojca Miklavec @ 2011-08-15 7:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 09:20, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
>
> And
> from what I see on this list, I'm not sure winblows users are the majority.
According to statistics of distribution downloads (just counting
unique IPs, so not absolutely accurate), windows users amount to
17-20% downloads. Wiki gets 46% of windows users.
(I'm worried a bit about the high discrepancy in numbers, in
particular if you keep in mind that many might be using TeX Live under
Linux, bundled with their distribution, however ConTeXt doesn't even
work on MikTeX.)
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2011-08-15 7:38 ` Mojca Miklavec
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> According to statistics of distribution downloads (just counting
> unique IPs, so not absolutely accurate), windows users amount to
> 17-20% downloads. Wiki gets 46% of windows users.
Have you ever googled for something context related? You end up mostly with false positives because "context" can appear just in any context. I wonder if all those windows hits are from people who searched for any other "context" and ended up on the wiki by mistake...
Florian
> (I'm worried a bit about the high discrepancy in numbers, in
> particular if you keep in mind that many might be using TeX Live under
> Linux, bundled with their distribution, however ConTeXt doesn't even
> work on MikTeX.)
>
> Mojca
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2011-08-15 7:46 ` Florian Wobbe
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From: Thomas A. Schmitz @ 2011-08-15 7:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 08/15/2011 09:46 AM, Florian Wobbe wrote:
> Have you ever googled for something context related? You end up mostly with false positives because "context" can appear just in any context. I wonder if all those windows hits are from people who searched for any other "context" and ended up on the wiki by mistake...
And, being true windows users, take 30 minutes to figure out they're on
the wrong page :-)
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2011-08-15 8:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 15-8-2011 9:51, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> On 08/15/2011 09:46 AM, Florian Wobbe wrote:
>> Have you ever googled for something context related? You end up mostly
>> with false positives because "context" can appear just in any context.
>> I wonder if all those windows hits are from people who searched for
>> any other "context" and ended up on the wiki by mistake...
>
> And, being true windows users, take 30 minutes to figure out they're on
> the wrong page :-)
that's because we cannot afford to pay for ending up at the top (try
apple: no hit for the fruit on first google search)
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From: Martin Schröder @ 2011-08-15 9:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
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2011/8/15 Florian Wobbe <Florian.Wobbe@awi.de>:
> Have you ever googled for something context related? You end up mostly with false positives because "context" can appear just in any context.
They even have their own conference: http://context-11.teco.edu :-)
Best
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From: Pontus Lurcock @ 2011-08-15 10:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
On Mon 15 Aug 2011, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> On 08/15/2011 09:16 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
>> Under linux Wine sometimes does a great job.
>
> *If* the linux user happens to have 150 bucks and thinks it's a good
> idea to give that to Microsoft.
Huh? I've been using Wine for a while (though not for Notepad++) and
have not yet received a bill from Microsoft...
Pont
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On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 09:20 +0200, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> *If* the linux user happens to have 150 bucks and thinks it's a good
> idea to give that to Microsoft. No thanks. It's of course way too early
> to say anything about a project that I haven't seen a single line of,
> but tying it to an editor which is not cross-platform strikes me as a
> poor choice. And from what I see on this list, I'm not sure winblows
> users are the majority.
>
> Thomas
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-14 22:39 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2011-08-15 4:45 ` Alasdair McAndrew
2011-08-15 4:57 ` Kip Warner
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد @ 2011-08-15 9:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Dear Knights,
A lot of the criticism seems to miss the point :-)
Part of the aim of the Book is to bring in new users, most of us here
already know what we're doing. And M$-Windows dominates the marketplace
for better or for worse.
I want to break out of the usual paradigm of presenting TeX and try
something new and fresh. I want to give ConTeXt to my (or your) secretary,
not just to geeks like most of us. I want to get them rolling as smoothly
as possible. Telling a total newbie to go find one's own editor is not
going to expand the ConTeXt ecosystem very efficiently.
As I said, the Book will not be "tied" to an editor. But I will use one as
a way of easing the way for the maximum number of total non-geeks to get
involved with ConTeXt. That's part of the vision I have.
To realize that vision, at this point I need some help writing and
compiling lexer code, which I really don't want to have to learn to do
myself; I simply don't have the time and would rather concentrate my
skills more efficiently.
I hope one of you out there will help me :-):-):-)
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2011-08-15 9:51 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Pablo Rodríguez @ 2011-08-15 11:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 08/15/2011 11:51 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
> Dear Knights,
>
> A lot of the criticism seems to miss the point :-)
>
> Part of the aim of the Book is to bring in new users, most of us here
> already know what we're doing. And M$-Windows dominates the marketplace
> for better or for worse.
>
> I want to break out of the usual paradigm of presenting TeX and try
> something new and fresh. I want to give ConTeXt to my (or your) secretary,
> not just to geeks like most of us. I want to get them rolling as smoothly
> as possible. Telling a total newbie to go find one's own editor is not
> going to expand the ConTeXt ecosystem very efficiently.
>
> As I said, the Book will not be "tied" to an editor. But I will use one as
> a way of easing the way for the maximum number of total non-geeks to get
> involved with ConTeXt. That's part of the vision I have.
Hi Idris,
I'm a ConTeXt newbie (although I have been using LaTeX for 10 years).
I'd use TeXworks as the editor, since it is available for Windows,
Macintosh and Linux. And it can be installed with TeXLive (and updated
with TLContrib). Remember: one install to rule them all ;-).
So you avoid having to implement lexer scripting.
BTW, I guess you plan to release the book under standard copyright
license, do you? (Just asking.)
Just in case it helps,
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2011-08-15 11:30 ` Pablo Rodríguez
@ 2011-08-15 12:38 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد @ 2011-08-15 12:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi Pablo,
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:30:42 -0600, Pablo Rodríguez <oinos@web.de> wrote:
> I'd use TeXworks as the editor
So would I, except that TeXWorks is not as rich in the features I'd like,
nor does it handle arabic-script as well as needed.
Believe me, I've looked at just about every option out there :-)
The functionality I can extract from Npp gives a pedagogical advantage
that's important for what I'm trying to achieve. For example, dbl-click a
word and get a context-menu that allows you to tag that word without
typing braces. I can even assign a shortcut so that I can tag a word and,
eg, emphasize it without typing. Or type a ConTeXt command and get a list
of options so you don't have to look at the manual.
As a a pedagogical tool for newcomers Npp has things like this. Techies
can of course choose what suits them. But I want to be able to tell my
classes: "All assignments must be done in ConTeXt" and make it easy for
them to do that. We're not at that point yet but that's the holy grail.
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2011-08-15 12:38 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد @ 2011-08-15 12:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:38:42 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
<ishamid@colostate.edu> wrote:
> The functionality I can extract from Npp gives a pedagogical advantage
> that's important for what I'm trying to achieve. For example, dbl-click a
> word and get a context-menu that allows you to tag that word without
> typing braces. I can even assign a shortcut so that I can tag a word and,
> eg, emphasize it without typing. Or type a ConTeXt command and get a list
> of options so you don't have to look at the manual.
Take a look at this:
http://tinypic.com/r/andfsn/7
In addition to the ConTeXt functionality note the new Arabic add-on to
lm-mono, so for the first time we'll have an actually useful Arabic mono
font where one can edit vowels etc. Unfortunately the opentype engine in,
e.g., TeXWorks cannot handle the GSUB table properly.
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2011/8/15 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <ishamid@colostate.edu>:
> Believe me, I've looked at just about every option out there :-)
I believe you. And I think the editor is a typical bikeshed. :-)
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality
I applaud your efforts.
What's the planned release date?
Will you include software?
Best
Martin
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد @ 2011-08-15 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi Martin,
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:35:24 -0600, Martin Schröder <martin@oneiros.de>
wrote:
> 2011/8/15 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <ishamid@colostate.edu>:
>> Believe me, I've looked at just about every option out there :-)
>
> I believe you. And I think the editor is a typical bikeshed. :-)
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality
LOL, I think you're right :-)
> I applaud your efforts.
I greatly appreciate that!
> What's the planned release date?
Depends on the publisher, but there's no contract yet. If they pass on the
chapters I send them, I'll self-publish it somehow.
> Will you include software?
That's the plan, and the editor fits into that idea as well.
Best wishes
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2011-08-15 9:51 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2011-08-15 11:30 ` Pablo Rodríguez
@ 2011-08-15 18:43 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-15 19:16 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Kip Warner @ 2011-08-15 18:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
Cc: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس
سماوي حامد
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On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 03:51 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
حامد wrote:
> And M$-Windows dominates the marketplace
> for better or for worse.
Hey Idris. I think what the folks here are saying is that that's not
necessarily true - for ConTeXt.
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 18:43 ` Kip Warner
@ 2011-08-15 19:16 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2011-08-15 19:30 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-17 1:07 ` Russell Urquhart
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد @ 2011-08-15 19:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users, Kip Warner
Hi Kip,
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:43:40 -0600, Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com> wrote:
>> And M$-Windows dominates the marketplace
>> for better or for worse.
> Hey Idris. I think what the folks here are saying is that that's not
> necessarily true - for ConTeXt.
Yes!! That's _exactly_ the challenge! My vision is for ConTeXt to break
out of the shell!
:-)
Best wishes
Idris
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 19:16 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
@ 2011-08-15 19:30 ` Kip Warner
2011-08-17 1:07 ` Russell Urquhart
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From: Kip Warner @ 2011-08-15 19:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس
سماوي حامد
Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users
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On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 13:16 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
حامد wrote:
>
> Yes!! That's _exactly_ the challenge! My vision is for ConTeXt to
> break
> out of the shell!
Best of luck to you. We all look forward to reading the book when done.
=)
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
2011-08-15 19:16 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2011-08-15 19:30 ` Kip Warner
@ 2011-08-17 1:07 ` Russell Urquhart
2011-08-18 12:37 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Russell Urquhart @ 2011-08-17 1:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users; +Cc: Kip Warner
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 01:16:55PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
> Yes!! That's _exactly_ the challenge! My vision is for ConTeXt to break
> out of the shell!
>
> :-)
>
> Best wishes
> Idris
> --
Hi Idris,
As a tech writer for 27+ years, who is a recent Context newbie, I applaud your efforts and wish you the best. I just recently have been in the middle of a paradigm change myself, going from Xywrite on the PC to trying to learn and use Context and using vim/gvim as my editor.
Back in 1988 or so, when i was employed at TI, we were tasked with trying to get people to use the then new Ventura Publisher for creating documents, etc. This was all pre- Windows. As a result of that i can understand your concern for having a complete system in place for your new users. Everything has to be in place.
I too look forward to your book. I also look forward to seeing some examples using an Arabic font. My wife is Persian so I've gained an appreciation for typography with regard to this language also. The fact that Context as well as Vim could handle these fonts well were factors in my trying to learn them.
Keep up the good work.
Russ
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* Re: ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
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@ 2011-08-18 12:37 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
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From: Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد @ 2011-08-18 12:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:07:55 -0600, Russell Urquhart
<russurquhart1@verizon.net> wrote:
> As a tech writer for 27+ years, who is a recent Context newbie, I
> applaud your efforts and wish you the best. I just recently have been in
> the middle of a paradigm change myself, going from Xywrite on the PC to
> trying to learn and use Context and using vim/gvim as my editor.
>
> Back in 1988 or so, when i was employed at TI, we were tasked with
> trying to get people to use the then new Ventura Publisher for creating
> documents, etc. This was all pre- Windows. As a result of that i can
> understand your concern for having a complete system in place for your
> new users. Everything has to be in place.
>
> I too look forward to your book. I also look forward to seeing some
> examples using an Arabic font. My wife is Persian so I've gained an
> appreciation for typography with regard to this language also. The fact
> that Context as well as Vim could handle these fonts well were factors
> in my trying to learn them.
>
> Keep up the good work.
Thank you very kindly for the words of encouragement!!!
:-)
Best wishes
Idris
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Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
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Subject: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Book: Request for help!
Dear gang,
As some of you may know, I'm working on a professional introductory book
for learning ConTeXt. Part of the philosophy of this book is to be as
self-contained as possible, so we'll be using a preferred editor.
Not one editor/ide out there is ideal for ConTeXt (including bidi editing
and other user-friendly configurability). The best balance I could find is
Notepad++ (Npp), and that's what I'm going with. I have done a lot of work
to contextify it, and I have added some new features, such as a
context-menu where one can right-click and get a list of ConTeXt
typography and description options, experimental support for tooltips
(giving options for commands etc), no more manual braces (so far less run
errors) etc.
To take this to the next level I need help: Is there anyone on the list
who knows how to write and compile lexers for scintilla-based editors?
Also, how to compile C++ for M$-Windows based applications such as Npp?
Npp has a rich user-defined dialog, and I have been able to do a lot with
it, but it has some serious limitations. So I'd like to port my
user-definitions to a lexer. We can probably start with the code for the
included TeX lexer, de-latexify it, and add the needed functions for
ConTeXt, including a few other features.
If anyone is interested, please contact me!
Best wishes
Idris
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