From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44902 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Maur=ED=ADcio?= Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: What should I learn? Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:39:53 -0200 Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224556899 26988 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2008 02:41:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:41:39 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Oct 21 04:42:36 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Ks7Cd-0000bi-PO for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:42:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CBAA1FB8F; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:41:28 +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 17170-07-11; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:40:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1291FB5B; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:40:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9CE51FB5B for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:40:36 +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 17170-07-10 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:40:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E2041FB57 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:40:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ks7A9-0002Ws-1Q for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:40:01 +0000 Original-Received: from 189.7.83.72 ([189.7.83.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:40:01 +0000 Original-Received: from briqueabraque by 189.7.83.72 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:40:01 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 189.7.83.72 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) 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:44902 Archived-At: Hi, I would like to ask you some advice on what should I learn. Context was the first typography program I used. Then I tried Tex and a little bit of latex. Context is where I get the best results, but what I really would like is something that allows me to do things in my own way, not something that's always great for reasons I don't understand. (Of course, the first documents I would type would not be that good, but I'll learn with time.) I thought Tex could be that, but it's not. I can't use it to create something to fit my (worst) taste instead of Knuth's (better) taste without doing a lot more work than I'm able to do. I also like to write programs (I use a really nice language named Haskell). Do you thing I could get what I want if I write or translate typography functions to that language, and then write programs to generate documents? Where could I find or where could I learn about such functions? Thanks, Maur=EDcio ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________