From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41292 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "luigi scarso" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: How could a typesetting system be today? Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:28:45 +0200 Message-ID: References: <68bfdc900805300012o789c12ebi15cb7ec3e0f10155@mail.gmail.com> <68bfdc900805300524r38f327acg88e766ea5a159acc@mail.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" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212247886 9049 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2008 15:31:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 15:31:26 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat May 31 17:32:08 2008 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 lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K2T3w-0005lA-6C for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:32:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765C31FBF9; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:31:20 +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 00574-01-2; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:30:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 634E81FC20; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:30:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94A21FC20 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:30:24 +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 31501-03-4 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:29:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.174]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252FC1FBAA for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 17:29:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 27so335040wfd.5 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 08:28:45 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.142.105.13 with SMTP id d13mr2689522wfc.275.1212247725246; Sat, 31 May 2008 08:28:45 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.142.240.15 with HTTP; Sat, 31 May 2008 08:28:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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:41292 Archived-At: > - much faster (i.e. I don't need to wait for several TeX runs e.g. if > I need to check if some tweak fixed my page breaking) On average true for manual composition, maybe false for automatic workflow > - optical (vs. metrical) kerning hz ? > - a GUI ;-) and thus layout by "let's try how it looks" true > - layout definition (I struggle with ConTeXt's \setuplayout every time) maybe > - better page breaking constraints (you can define in your style > sheets "keep n lines together" and "keep this together with the next > paragraph) maybe (hans/taco help needed here ) > - PDF/X output > - color profile conversions maybe. They can be after, in prepress , so can be sensate to keep separate this from tex. > - image processing features like crop paths, feathered edges, drop > shadow (in ConTeXt I need to prepare such in Photoshop in the right > size - but I guess it would be possible to write a module that uses > ImageMagick to achieve something similar) maybe -- luigi ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________