Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-20 Thread Jesse Alama
Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com writes: Corin Royal Drummond wrote: Many have voiced the same complaint. I understand that Hans and every one are occupied with building MKIV (aka LuaTeX), and that documentation is not their highest priority. There's the wiki, the wonderfully active

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Bynum
Can someone post a link to the actual reference manual rewrite Taco was talking about? I don't see anything on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page#Documentation that looks like a reference manual in progress. Mike On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 6:00 PM, David Wooten d...@trichotomic.net wrote:

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-19 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Michael Bynum wrote: Can someone post a link to the actual reference manual rewrite Taco was talking about? I don't see anything on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page#Documentation that looks like a reference manual in progress. The links are after the big note

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-19 Thread luigi scarso
There is also, but is still a work-in-progress http://groups.foundry.supelec.fr/modules/ -- luigi ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-19 Thread Curious Learn
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: Can someone post a link to the actual reference manual rewrite Taco was talking about? I don't see anything on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page#Documentation that looks like a reference manual in progress. The links are after the big

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-19 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Curious Learn wrote: Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: Can someone post a link to the actual reference manual rewrite Taco was talking about? I don't see anything on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page#Documentation that looks like a reference manual in

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-18 Thread Rory Molinari
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Corin Royal Drummond wrote: Many have voiced the same complaint. I understand that Hans and every one are occupied with building MKIV (aka LuaTeX), and that documentation is not their highest priority. There's the wiki, the wonderfully active mailing list, and what used

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-18 Thread David Wooten
On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Rory Molinari wrote: Taco Hoekwater wrote: Corin Royal Drummond wrote: Many have voiced the same complaint. I understand that Hans and every one are occupied with building MKIV (aka LuaTeX), and that documentation is not their highest priority. There's the

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Wei-Wei Guo wrote: Hi everyone, After fighting with ConTeXt one month, I find it's too difficult. I have two years experience of LaTeX. I never thought ConTeXt could be so difficult. Using ConTeXt is like climbing a steep mountain, every step need extensive searching, reading, and asking.

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Corin Royal Drummond wrote: Many have voiced the same complaint. I understand that Hans and every one are occupied with building MKIV (aka LuaTeX), and that documentation is not their highest priority. There's the wiki, the wonderfully active mailing list, and what used to be decent docs

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-17 Thread Xan
En/na Corin Royal Drummond ha escrit: Wei-Wei Guo wrote: Hi everyone, After fighting with ConTeXt one month, I find it's too difficult. I have two years experience of LaTeX. I never thought ConTeXt could be so difficult. Using ConTeXt is like climbing a steep mountain, every step need

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Xan wrote: En/na Corin Royal Drummond ha escrit: Wei-Wei Guo wrote: Hi everyone, After fighting with ConTeXt one month, I find it's too difficult. I have two years experience of LaTeX. I never thought ConTeXt could be so difficult. Using ConTeXt is like climbing a steep mountain, every

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-17 Thread Xan
En/na Taco Hoekwater ha escrit: Xan wrote: Good idea. Just a suggestion. If someone starts new documentation, it should be free. Now the only documentation for users is ConTeXt manual, Context, an excursion (and some PracTeX journal and MAPS journal articles). These documents are copyrated

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Xan wrote: But should it put in every .tex file or in a LICENSE file? I'm not lawyer. Just a question. There is a COPYING in the one 'up' directory. It would be good to add a license pointer to every source file, that is true. Best wishes, Taco

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-17 Thread Alan Stone
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Wei-Wei Guo wwgu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Hi Wei-Wei, Please enjoy what's underneath and give yourself a second chance to reconsider your point of view... After fighting with ConTeXt one month, Those who live are those who fight. - Victor Hugo I

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-17 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Yes, there are may fruitful pages in ConTeXt wiki. But all wiki resources have the same problem: If you know what you are looking for, it's helpful. If not, it would be a time hole. And I was told that MkIV progresses so fast that many things in the current manuals are out of date. I don't know

[NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-16 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Hi everyone, After fighting with ConTeXt one month, I find it's too difficult. I have two years experience of LaTeX. I never thought ConTeXt could be so difficult. Using ConTeXt is like climbing a steep mountain, every step need extensive searching, reading, and asking. Sorry for the useless

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-16 Thread Corin Royal Drummond
Wei-Wei Guo wrote: Hi everyone, After fighting with ConTeXt one month, I find it's too difficult. I have two years experience of LaTeX. I never thought ConTeXt could be so difficult. Using ConTeXt is like climbing a steep mountain, every step need extensive searching, reading, and asking.