Just to clarify, I pretty much agree with everything you say. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:22 AM, James Fisher <jameshfis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "...the book about Hasselt". That actually made me laugh out loud. What a > loser I am. > > Ok, goodnight now. :) > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Michael Saunders <odrad...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > You mean like the beginner's manual >> > >> > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ms-cb-en.pdf >> > >> > and the user manual >> > >> > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf >> > >> ... >> > >> > amongst 46 others by Pragma >> >> >> No, not like those. I mean like a real manual. I read the book >> about Hasselt---a few examples without explanations. >> I've looked at most of the fifty or so documents over which >> this virtual manual is supposed to be spread. They are about >> as informative. Most of these documents seem to be 5--12 >> years old. The wiki is even more patchy. The idea that a >> computer manual is something that exists implicitly in the >> discussions of a mailing list is a new idea to me. >> >> You can't be serious about "mk.pdf" being a manual. Even it >> admits, "This document is not so much a users manual as a >> history of the development." Little after that point is intelligible. >> >> Compared with the clear, abundant documentation of the >> LaTeX world, Context seems like a secret that a small club is >> trying to keep. It's not even clear from the manuals that >> development is ongoing, much less that there is some advantage >> in using it. >> >> So, will there ever be a manual to MK IV? In how many years? >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> > >
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