From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/23277 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Peter_M=FCnster?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt? Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:53:16 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <436B7517.6090005@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131279409 17447 80.91.229.2 (6 Nov 2005 12:16:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 12:16:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Nov 06 13:16:46 2005 Return-path: 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 1EYjQv-0001ER-7i for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Nov 2005 13:15:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C53B0127BE; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 13:15:36 +0100 (CET) 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 17546-06; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 13:15:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D531278E; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 13:15:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6B3A1278E for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 13:15:30 +0100 (CET) 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 17867-01 for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 13:15:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp2-g19.free.fr (smtp2-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.28]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC00812780 for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 13:15:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from gaston.free.fr (unknown [62.147.23.192]) by smtp2-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DD63521D7 for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 13:15:26 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by gaston.free.fr (Postfix, from userid 500) id 7108813C063; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:53:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaston.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C60014812B for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:53:16 +0100 (CET) X-X-Sender: peter@gaston.free.fr Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <436B7517.6090005@elvenkind.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:23277 Archived-At: My first experience with ConTeXt was typesetting my brother's PhD thesis in chemistry. Used features: modes (A5 and A4), project-structure, a lot of floats, bibliography. ConTeXt at work: - technical specifications for electronic devices (used features: modules, project-structure, tables generated by scripts) - presentations - documentation - reports My problem at work: besides me, everyone is speaking M$-Office. I send my documents to my colleagues always in PDF. Just until today no problem, but there is some risk, that someone will ask for a Word/Powerpoint version one day... Unfortunately, our business is developing electronic devices, but not sophisticated typesetting, so I cannot spend much more time with ConTeXt, than I already do. ConTeXt at home: - construction plans (one page per figure with well defined scale) - letters - finding solutions for problems with ConTeXt at work (with the help of the mailing-list) Future projects: - typesetting the thesis of my sister-in-law (2 columns with a lot of floats) - writing a letter-module - teaching ConTeXt to my wife (perhaps impossible) - just doing more things with ConTeXt Most important request: a *complete* reference manual, with description of not only all commands, but also all parameters. Something like texshow is already fine, but still very far from complete. Very much appreciated: - all the nice features of ConTeXt - the great support by the developers: thank you! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/