From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/17022 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Idris Samawi Hamid Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Tex or Context Editors. Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:11:31 -0700 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100179626 18824 80.91.229.6 (11 Nov 2004 13:27:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:27:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Nov 11 00:10:25 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CS1bd-0001cP-00 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:10:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 715A7127D2; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:10:24 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01734-02; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:10:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AE42127A3; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:10:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 166B4127A3 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:10:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01677-04 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:10:20 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from eagle.colostate.edu (unknown [129.82.100.90]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05911127A0 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:10:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lamar.colostate.edu (lamar.acns.colostate.edu [129.82.100.75]) by eagle.colostate.edu (AIX5.1/8.11.6p2/8.11.0) with ESMTP id iAANAJI709524 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:10:19 -0700 Original-Received: from IHAMID (ihamid.libarts.colostate.edu [129.82.187.166]) by lamar.colostate.edu (AIX5.1/8.11.6p2/8.11.0) with ESMTP id iAANAI2291868 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:10:18 -0700 Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera7.23/Win32 M2 build 3227 X-Virus-Scanned: by 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-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:17022 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:17022 On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:24:26 +0000, Dirar BOUGATEF =20 wrote: > Hi Idriss, > > I had a look at WinEdt and it is very tex oriented, but i have seen any= =20 > reference to Context. Do you see some advantages for Context use (I hav= e=20 > seen support for tex tables, project (Don't know which kind ..)) ? For ConTeXt I just define the pdfTeX button to call texexec. There is no=20 built-in ConTeXt capabilities, but it is almost trivial to add buttons or= =20 even create your own (I've made a few myself), define and insert=20 environments, etc. Just look up all the options that define the LaTeX=20 options and redefine them in ConTeXt (or just add the ConTeXt options).=20 There is virtually no-hard-wired LaTeX support that can't be changed or=20 augmented. It may not be open-source:-(, but for TeX/ConTeXt you won't find better=20 (yet). Idris --=20 Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523