From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/28820 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Moore Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Newbie questions Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:45:15 -0700 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151167516 4264 80.91.229.2 (24 Jun 2006 16:45:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:45:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jun 24 18:45:14 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FuBFy-0003b1-1H for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:45:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0760C1287F; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:45:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27475-01; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:45:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5246D12870; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:45:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D929712870 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:45:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24714-10-2 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:45:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from iron1.pomona.edu (iron1.pomona.edu [134.173.71.136]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 3927112869 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:45:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from exchange1.campus.pomona.edu (HELO mail.pomona.edu) ([134.173.71.128]) by iron1.pomona.edu with ESMTP; 24 Jun 2006 09:45:02 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,172,1149490800"; d="scan'208"; a="1794725:sNHT21406511" Original-Received: from frontend1.campus.pomona.edu ([134.173.71.134]) by mail.pomona.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:44:53 -0700 Original-Received: from [134.173.70.3] ([134.173.70.3]) by frontend1.campus.pomona.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:44:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jun 2006 16:44:53.0624 (UTC) FILETIME=[8496A780:01C697AD] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:28820 Archived-At: On Jun 24, 2006, at 8:46 AM, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: >> I have figured out how to download the t-amsl module and can >> successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same >> folder as my document files. But how do I install it permanently so >> that I can invoke it in all my documents? > > I don't know TeXShop or MacOS but I'm also using teTeX (but on Linux). > t-amsl.tex is already in the distribution of ConTeXt that comes with > teTeX... You are correct -- it took a bit of finding on the Mac but it is indeed there. That fixes problem #2. Thanks!! > >> I am new to ConTexT and TeX (thinking about migrating from >> InDesign). > > Is that for a new edition of _Six Ideas That Shaped Physics_ (an > excellent series)? Thank you for your kind words -- yes, I am thinking about the next edition, but also for a book on General Relativity that I am working on and for future projects. > > What makes you consider migrating? I haven't used InDesign but I > imagine that flowing text around or near figures might be easier with > a page-layout program like InDesign (but I'm still learning ConTeXt > and as a general rule one can do anything in ConTeXt with enough > magic!). On the other hand, math typesetting might be easier and > higher-quality in TeX/ConTeXt. The Six Ideas texts (first edition) were typeset as AppleWorks drawings, if you can believe it. To go to the third edition, I have to migrate to something more modern -- either InDesign or something TeX-based. Problems with figure and equation references, indexing issues, and inconsistent styles were driving me crazy with AppleWorks, and many of these problems would persist in InDesign. I have also been having difficulty setting up mathematics in a satisfactory way. On the other hand, I am a very visual thinker, and I don't remember commands well, so even ConTexT (which seems a lot simpler than LaTeX) is a big stretch for me. We will see... > > Best of luck! Thanks, I will need it! Tom