From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/55259 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Using ConTeXt for a thesis? Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:52:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <4B2CDB53.8040305@gmail.com> <22af238a0912190721k6791fff7v86e8a912477a5dc4@mail.gmail.com> <4B2D412B.1010102@gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261281151 7680 80.91.229.12 (20 Dec 2009 03:52:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:52:31 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Dec 20 04:52:24 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NMCqG-0004hH-9t for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:52:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE26BC9AC1; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:52:22 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id cCrGiS+IfKiq; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:52:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F88C9C12; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:52:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69EEC9C12 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:52:15 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id YuKZW6xWa7O5 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:52:10 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.161]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D045C9AC1 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:52:09 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: FROM [192.168.2.8] (c-76-28-91-31.hsd1.ct.comcast.net [76.28.91.31]) By tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4B2D9F67.763E0.8925 ; Authuser adityam; 19 Dec 2009 22:52:07 EST In-Reply-To: <4B2D412B.1010102@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:55259 Archived-At: On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Manuel P. wrote: > George N. White III ha scritto: >> >> ConTeXt has been used, but different institutions have different rules >> and expectations. >> At many institutions there is already a LaTeX thesis style "ready to go", In my experience, the trouble is not creating a style that meets your university's requirement: that is easy both in LaTeX (once you know the right packages) or ConTeXt. The difficulty is understanding your universities requirement which, in most cases, is ambiguous and incomplete. > My requirements are quite easy: something unobtrusive that enable me to focus > on the content and obtain a nice and consistent look with a virtually flat > leaning curve (I don't mind a bit of learning, but I can't spend days on > that). Some pictures, some tables, mainly text. Footnotes, bibliography, > quotes and easy personalization of footers and headers. All this is easy in ConTeXt and also LaTeX. I don't think that ConTeXt's has an advantage over LaTeX in terms of ease of configurability. ConTeXt's main advantage is consistency. Once you understand a few basics, you can guess the right keywords for other commands. In LaTeX, each package has its own conventions and remembering stuff is more difficult. > Some quick examples: > - How can I make a double-face document (right page, left page)? \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] > - How can I separate the footer from the rest of the page with something like > an \hairline? \setupbackgrounds[footer][text][topframe=on] > - There is an equivalent for ConTeXt of LaTeX's lastpage? I want a footer > like this: / \lastpage :) \setupfootertexts[Page \pagenumber\ of \lastpage] Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________