Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
I'm with Mikael in that natural tables is one of the things that has made a real difference to my ConTeXting, and I no longer hesitate with adding tables to the my documents. My current favourite is probably \usemodule, especially \usemodule[simplefonts]. Being a Windows dummy and working mostly in a standard (M$) Office environment, the Simplefonts module has taken a lot of sweat out of coding. In my non-working life as a half-professional craftster and budding publisher I'm learning to enjoy playing around with \setuplayout; the learning curve is sometimes pretty steep, but it still beats fiddling with Word because once you get something right, it stays right. :-) Mari ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 07:55:51PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Hi all,
to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non
regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of
commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also
functionality).
As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is
\donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s
one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent
changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code.
Wolfgang
Not quite the same as \null:
\def\null {\hbox{}}
My (LaTeX) code used to always be riddled with \mbox{}
(somehow, I got into the habit of using this rather than \hbox{})
But this is not my favorite.
Believe it or not, I quite often make the error of typing '\startext'.
(Hans, don't think about adding this as a synonym - each time that I make this
mistake I am quite happy to get an error message... This is what I get for
typing and reading too fast!)
I do like unicode support.
However, what I like best about ConTeXt commands is consistency, where the
choice of syntax is constantly moving towards standardization. Often, when I
want to do something new, I just try what seems logical, using the very same
keywords as used elsewhere (when appropriate), and usually this just works!
Alan
P.S. I regret that ConTeXt and Mojca's \simplethesis command was not available
when I needed it!
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Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. \ruledvbox I always need to see the bbox of my objects. -- 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 31-1-2012 00:23, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). \simplethesis (Sadly it is a bit buggy, else I would be finished already ;) So you want me to \dosomething - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 31-1-2012 09:34, Alan Braslau wrote:
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 07:55:51PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Hi all,
to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non
regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of
commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also
functionality).
As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing,
it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why
I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV)
over the unreadable LaTeX code.
Wolfgang
Not quite the same as \null:
\def\null {\hbox{}}
there is \emptyhbox which for me is easier to grasp than \null
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Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 31-1-2012 00:23, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality).
\simplethesis
(Sadly it is a bit buggy, else I would be finished already ;)
As I don't want to bre responsiible for you not passing an examn ...
here's a fix (actually the random args were always swapped but the mkii
code is not sensitive for wrong random ranges)
\unexpanded\def\fakefigure
{\dodoubleempty\dofakefigure}
\def\dofakefigure[#1][#2]#3#4#5#6%
{\getvalue{\e!place\v!figure}
[#1][#2]%
{\freezerandomseed
\let\endstrut\relax
\let\begstrut\relax
\doifinsetelse{#1}{\v!left,\v!right}
{\fakewords{2}{4}}
{\fakewords{4}{10}}}%
{\doifinset{#1}{\v!left,\v!right}
{\dimen0=.75\dimen0
\ifdim\dimen0.6\hsize \dimen0=.5\hsize\fi
\ifdim\dimen0.3\hsize \dimen0=.3\hsize\fi}%
\framed
[\c!width=\dimen0,
\c!height=\dimen2,
\c!frame=\v!off,
\c!background=\v!color,
\c!backgroundcolor=fakeparindentcolor]
{\bf\white#1}}%
\defrostrandomseed}
I'll upgrade that module anyhow (e.g we need random footnotes for thomas
and random font features for idris) ... then we can have a competition
for the smallest set of commands that generates the nicest thesis.
Hans
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Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 2012-01-30 Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: My favourite command is \externalfigure [placeholder] because it produces very pretty colourful graphics (I'm bored to use the dutch cow or the wind mill every time). […] You can also use my `\externalkitten` macro: http://randomdeterminism.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/images-for-documentation-examples/ + Nice idea + Natural \externalfigure UI + Great use case of ConTeXts http capability + Cute kitties + Even more cute kitties - Relies on an internet connection Marco ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 2012-01-30 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). Hi Wolfgang Others, my favorite feature maybe neither a command nor a macro as such: I’m especially fond of one “linguistic” feature that makes Context source code easily readable: the (often repeated) “do” prefix and “indeed” suffix in macro names. This way the majority of macros are to a certain extent self-descriptive, their names carrying a hint about the current nesting depth and the number of steps already executed before the macro itself is encountered. A crude scripted scan of the directory context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ reveals the longest prefixed macro name to be “\dofinishregisterstructurepageregister” (not yet underscorified), and the longest suffixed one “\syst_helpers_inspect_next_parenthesis_character_indeed”. Finally, the macro “\dododododoGTC” has the most “do” prefixes of all. I hereby declare these three my favorite macros, although I never read their definitions, let alone used them. Thanks for the clarity Philipp PS: Anybody fond of “\@EAEAEAEAEAEA”? As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. Wolfgang ___ 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 ___ -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments pgp7t8snGWshI.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 31-1-2012 16:15, Philipp Gesang wrote: PS: Anybody fond of “\@EAEAEAEAEAEA”? or: \tripleexpandafter Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
Am 31.01.2012 um 16:15 schrieb Philipp Gesang: On 2012-01-30 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). Hi Wolfgang Others, my favorite feature maybe neither a command nor a macro as such: I’m especially fond of one “linguistic” feature that makes Context source code easily readable: the (often repeated) “do” prefix and “indeed” suffix in macro names. This way the majority of macros are to a certain extent self-descriptive, their names carrying a hint about the current nesting depth and the number of steps already executed before the macro itself is encountered. A crude scripted scan of the directory context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ reveals the longest prefixed macro name to be “\dofinishregisterstructurepageregister” (not yet underscorified), and the longest suffixed one “\syst_helpers_inspect_next_parenthesis_character_indeed”. Finally, the macro “\dododododoGTC” has the most “do” prefixes of all. I hereby declare these three my favorite macros, although I never read their definitions, let alone used them. The second is part of the internals for \doifnextparenthesiselse. Thanks for the clarity Philipp PS: Anybody fond of “\@EAEAEAEAEAEA”? The @ is a dying symbol in MkIV because the underscore has replaced it and there are now alternative names for these function, the one you mention can now be written as \tripleexpandafter. Wolfgang ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
Am 31.01.2012 um 16:15 schrieb Philipp Gesang: On 2012-01-30 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). Hi Wolfgang Others, my favorite feature maybe neither a command nor a macro as such: I’m especially fond of one “linguistic” feature that makes Context source code easily readable: the (often repeated) “do” prefix and “indeed” suffix in macro names. This way the majority of macros are to a certain extent self-descriptive, their names carrying a hint about the current nesting depth and the number of steps already executed before the macro itself is encountered. There are also variations of the prefixes and suffixes. Prefixes: - do - dodo - nodo - redo Suffixes: - indeed - ignore - yes - nop Wolfgang ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 2012-01-31 16:33, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 31.01.2012 um 16:15 schrieb Philipp Gesang: PS: Anybody fond of “\@EAEAEAEAEAEA”? The @ is a dying symbol in MkIV because the underscore has replaced it and there are now alternative names for these function, the one you mention can now be written as \tripleexpandafter. Indeed ;-). I recently came to notice the ongoing extinction of the “@” the hard way when “\@gluenode” evolved into “\gluenodecode”, thereby breaking the letterspace module … I just thought it was worth mentioning because the repetition is so intimidating that I can imagine the pain one would experience when lost in Expansion Hell. Thanks for your contribution to Context morphology Philipp Wolfgang ___ 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 ___ -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments pgp3SFwHXUtk9.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). \startmode company changed my life. And the unicode support of luatex, of course. Many thanks to Taco and Hans (and the others contributors) for such beautiful tools. -- Marco ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing My favourite command is \donknuthmode, which is the opposite of \nonknuthmode of course. -- Christian Neukirchen chneukirc...@gmail.com http://chneukirchen.org ___ 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 ___
[NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. Wolfgang ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 2012-01-30 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote:
The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of
commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command
(maybe also functionality).
I was surprised by the unusual “Subject” line in my mail
client. But I don't hesitate:
My favourite command is \externalfigure [placeholder]
because it produces very pretty colourful graphics (I'm
bored to use the dutch cow or the wind mill every time).
Example:
\useMPlibrary [dum]
\starttext
\dorecurse{10}{
\startTEXpage
\externalfigure [placeholder]
\stopTEXpage}
\stoptext
Regards
Marco Patzer
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Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 01/30/2012 07:55 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have*one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. Wolfgang Without a doubt, for me it's \dontcomplain - get rid of overfull messages. The name is just brilliant; it would be wonderful to have it available in real life! But if we want to be more serious: of course all the xml processing commands, and then the multiple \doif... tests which make programming in ConTeXt accessible even to people with no programming or math background. Thomas ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
Hi, Mine is \doifmodeelse: it allows to do a lot! Best regards: OK On 30 janv. 2012, at 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. Wolfgang ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
Hi Wolfgang,
nice idea starting this thread!
Am 30.01.2012 um 19:55 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Hi all,
to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non
regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of
commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also
functionality).
As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is
\donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s
one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent
changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code.
Wolfgang
Compared to what Wolfgang, Thomas and Otared wrote my favorite command is a
quite high-level command:
\offset[x=...,y=...]{...}
I really love his command: It's amazing, it gives so much spontaneous freedom
and power in positioning elements!
Without this command the early years of ConTeXT were quite painful ...
Steffen
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Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On 30-1-2012 20:12, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Without a doubt, for me it's \dontcomplain - get rid of overfull messages. The name is just brilliant; it would be wonderful to have it available in real life! But if we want to be more serious: of course all the xml processing commands, and then the multiple \doif... tests which make programming in ConTeXt accessible even to people with no programming or math background. don't forget \forgetall then - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012, Marco wrote:
On 2012-01-30 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote:
The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of
commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command
(maybe also functionality).
I was surprised by the unusual “Subject” line in my mail
client. But I don't hesitate:
My favourite command is \externalfigure [placeholder]
because it produces very pretty colourful graphics (I'm
bored to use the dutch cow or the wind mill every time).
Example:
\useMPlibrary [dum]
\starttext
\dorecurse{10}{
\startTEXpage
\externalfigure [placeholder]
\stopTEXpage}
\stoptext
You can also use my `\externalkitten` macro:
http://randomdeterminism.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/images-for-documentation-examples/
\def\externalkitten[#1]%
{\getparameters[kitten][width=10pt, height=10pt, #1]
\externalfigure
[\ctxlua{context(http://placekitten.com/g/\%0.0f/\%0.0f;,
\withoutpt{\the\dimexpr\kittenwidth},
\withoutpt{\the\dimexpr\kittenheight})}]
[#1, method=jpg]}
\starttext
\placefigure[left,none]{}
{\externalkitten[width=0.5\textwidth, height=0.3\textheight]}
\input knuth
\stoptext
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Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). My favorite is \framed. Once you understand all (or most) of the keys of \framed, you know 60% of ConTeXt features because almost all other commands accept a big subset of these keys. Aditya ___ 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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On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). \simplethesis (Sadly it is a bit buggy, else I would be finished already ;) Mojca ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code. Wolfgang ___ 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 ___ I never thought I could be so happy Hans introduced \donothing :) My favorite must be the natural table environments (\bTABLE ... \eTABLE). It really makes it a joy to typeset boring tables. On my wishlist for 2012 I have robuster math support. I recently had problems with as simple things as fractions and integrals, things that should just work. Also, I still am not able to use my favorite math font fourier. Mikael ___ 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 ___
