2008/10/21 Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Or lets ask the devils advocate the other way around: What is >> the point of installing context, when latex could do the trick? Apart >> that I have to re-learn latex anyway.. what is better with Context? > > - ConTeXt's scripts know how often your sources need to be run > - more freedom in design (but some prefer LaTeX's "fixed" document > classes) > - more coherent interface (key=value syntax) > - better support for modern features, esp. with LuaTeX > - integration of external packages like MetaPost, GNUplot etc., see > http://modules.contextgarden.net/ > - easy font installation (or no installation at all with XeTeX or > LuaTeX) Please don't forget... this wonderful and helpful mailing list :-) Welcome.
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