From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/1565 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neville Dean Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: (La)TeX vs ConTeX ? Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:28:05 +0000 (GMT) Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: References: <04a901bf6229$273921a0$dcd041c2@golias> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035392385 1420 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 16:59:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Jorge Vilhena In-Reply-To: <04a901bf6229$273921a0$dcd041c2@golias> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:1565 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:1565 > I'm new to the world of TeX and I've one question that I would like someone > to answer me. Here it is. > What is the main differences between LaTeX and ConTeX, and what was the goal > in ConTeX creation? > I want to write my master thesis which has lots of figures, tables and > formulas with one of them, but I don't know which should I use. Could > someone give me some hints? > I have been using LaTeX for nearly ten years now, but am currently in the throes of switching to ConTeXt. Two days ago I produced my first "real" document using ConTeXt, and am very pleased with the result. In spite of my high opinion of ConTeXt, however, I am still advising Research Students to learn LaTeX as a "first language". The reason for this is simple: many publications insist upon (or at least prefer) LaTeX. If you use ConTeXt to write your thesis and subsequently decide to publish some of your work then you may have difficulty getting a publication to accept ConTeXt. --- Neville PS As a novice ConTeXter I shall no doubt be drawing upon the expertise of this group in the near future!