From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/20401 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tobias Wolf Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Context, LaTeX, or an XML for academic writing? Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 14:52:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: <48aded54f50912bb645aefed16a6cb80@indiana.edu> Reply-To: Tobias Wolf , mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116336123 28819 80.91.229.2 (17 May 2005 13:22:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:22:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue May 17 15:21:59 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 1DY1xE-0000mp-7w for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2005 15:17:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37A6126F8; Tue, 17 May 2005 15:18:22 +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 13773-03; Tue, 17 May 2005 15:18:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CFCC127F4; Tue, 17 May 2005 14:52:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EF86127F4 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 14:52:18 +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 13148-06-2 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 14:52:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.192]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7873F127F2 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 14:52:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 50so2472995wri for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 05:52:16 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=goAdOZQfLj+o7sMEYAYkU7OMkc6ZAMfwNQoCQbWd0fre9S3+Pven+9QPqARpQAm7uH9+MUfPEf4cFM00bRrLPQNusIOjqdX19gSrntsljL99nBkEfxCIOYFFw+66mbvdnfGyfwwn39osQJa+/GXFUJGfTbGb62BRrVcUIKDH+To= Original-Received: by 10.54.26.2 with SMTP id 2mr4371289wrz; Tue, 17 May 2005 05:52:16 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.54.68.6 with HTTP; Tue, 17 May 2005 05:52:16 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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:20401 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:20401 > Ask somebody in your field who is really good at TeX for the LaTeX > sources of his/her thesis, > and use them as templates. Spend as little time as possible thinking > about > layout and as much as you can about content. You speak the truth. I really want to avoid that. I do have solid experience with LaTeX and could start right away with it. Considering ConTeXt comes from its clear conceptual advantages. I'm basing the decision on whether someone can point me into a direction and say: "use this, it looks great and you'll be content with it". > You only will have the energy to strive for excellence in layout after > you have > had the satisfaction of creating content worthy of it. I did a presentation before with ConTeXt and exactly that was the painful lesson I learned. Thanks for the advice - Tobias