On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Mohamed Bana wrote: > Hi Aditya, > > I've tried compiling your thesis. It failed with;
There were a few modules which were missings from the zip file. I have created a new zip file with these files. I hope that everything should compile now. http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis.tar.gz > texmfstart texexec "thesis.tex" > system : module abr-aditya not found I have added this > system : module ctags not found This is harmless. A module that I wrote to write tag files for vim, but it does not work with MKIV. > system : module mathsets not found I have added this. You can also download it from modules.contextgarden.net/mathsets. Aditya > > Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Piotr wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have spent some time with google in order to find an answer to the >>> following questions. Unfortunatly, I was not satisfied with the >>> answers, which I now hope to find here. >>> >>> It is my plan not to use the MS Office suite for the production of my >>> PhD thesis (in chemistry). I have used Miktex some years ago during my >>> studies for some project reports, and I remember beeing quite >>> satisfied with the results. My Master thesis, on the other hand, I >>> wrote in word.. and although I remember not having too many >>> difficulties, there were some nasty obstacles to be overcome. >>> Obstacles which I simply do not want to risk having repeated a second >>> time on a much bigger scale. >>> I this mailing list I read several reports of people who either had >>> written their thesis in Latex or ConTeXt. There was a mention of Latex >>> beeing designed for mathematic purposes, while ConTeXt was said to be >>> better suited for the intergration of graphics or larger/more complex >>> layout changes. >>> >>> 1) Finding the right context >>> For now I had quite some difficulties to find that proper Latex >>> distribution - a problem that actually led me to the existence of >>> ConTeXt. I am wondering which latex distribution I should choose in >>> order to work with ConTeXt? I am running Windows Vista (64-bit). Or is >>> there a ConTeXt stand alone package that will absolutely satisfy my me >>> in my needs? In principle, all I need is >>> >>> 2) The right editor >>> What is the preferred editor for ConTeXt? for such a project? Is there >>> any loss in functionality when using Texniccenter with ConTeXt than >>> with MikTex instead? >> >> Depends on what functions you need. There are a few editors which have >> basic support for ConTeXt (compile document, view pdf, jump to error, >> etc.). Hans uses Scite and includes a context enabled scite in the >> windows distribution available on prama-ade.com. Irdis has written support >> for Notepad++. Vim and emacs have some basic support. I do not know what >> features texniccenter and winedit provide for context. >> >>> 3) I have seen some thesis templates/examples in this mailinglist. Can >>> anyone point me to additional sources regarding the creation of a PhD >>> Thesis with ConTeXt? >> >> Each institute has different requirements for phd thesis, so one template >> is not going to fit the bill. I did my thesis in context, and you can have >> a look at the sources and the output: >> >> http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis.pdf >> http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis.tar.gz >> >> The easier way to go about this will be to look at the formatting >> specifications of the thesis, and try to understand how to implement them >> in context one by one. >> >>> What is the advantage over Latex, what are the >>> disadvantages? Is there a win-win distribution somewhere on the table? >> >> Advantage: In most cases, others have written a style for what you want, >> so you don't have to create a style on your own. >> >> Disadvantage: When you do have to create a style on your own, it can be >> difficult, even in packages which are supposed to be easy to configure >> >>> 4) Has anyone used a typesetting suite like ContTeXt with CVS? >> >> As others have said, the source files are simply text files. So you can >> use any version control that you want. >> >>> 5) Is the ConTeXt reference system compatible with Endnote? >> >> I have no experience with endnote. I have seen endnote to bibtex >> converters. If you can convert to bibtex, then using the references with >> context is relatively easy. >> >>> Is there any point to have latex installed, when context can do the >>> trick? >> >> As Mojca said, you may want to submit something to a journal which accepts >> latex files. >> >>> Or lets ask the devils advocate the other way around: What is >>> the point of installing context, when latex could do the trick? >> >> Again I agree with what Mojca said. If latex can do the job, use it. If >> you are happy with one of the defaul latex styles, do not use too many >> figures in your document, do not want text wrapping around figures, use >> latex. >> >>> Apart >>> that I have to re-learn latex anyway.. what is better with Context? >> >> Context has a more consistent interface to all the commands. This makes it >> easier to remember how to configure things. >> >> 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki : http://contextgarden.net >> ___________________________________________________________________________________ >> > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
