On Friday 22 December 2006 08:18, Norbert Preining wrote: > The main difference between ConTeXt and LaTeX lies in the fact that LaTeX > was created with the idea of separating content and presentation to such > an extent that the typical author would write their content and then use > a style file created by someone else to provide the visual presentation. > . > ConTeXt, on the other hand, retained the idea of separating content and > presentation, but was created with the idea of being used for books, where > each book tends to have a different layout, and so the expected "end user" > is the person doing all the layout. Thus, it's designed to provide a vast > amount of flexibility for layout in a way that can be fairly easily defined > without needing to write a package
Since one can move one's layout into a package in a few seconds and then include that package into a document, I think this somewhat misses the mark. Latexstualists may disagree but I think the essence is that Context gives more control and makes it easier to create new layouts. Whether or not those new layouts are in a document file or a separate package is not relevant. Nor is the original purpose for which Context was created relevant, as both Latex and Context are used for a lot more than math papers and books. --Mike Bird _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
