Dnia Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 02:58:37PM +0000, John Haltiwanger napisał(a): > > As this is precisely my situation, perhaps I can offer you the benefit > > of a test-able target audience? Today I am already looking into the > > best route to learning TeX/mkiv in a holistic (ie not just looking for > > the 'recipe' I need to meet a given deadline). I have just entered > > full-time thesis mode, so the question begins Should I just sit down > > and read the TeXBook? (something that will be done regardless, it's > > just a question as what is most worthwhile to Getting Something Done > > Right Now) or would it be that the LuaTeX manual is more directly > > applicable? Or, perhaps, a chapter from your book? ;) > > Sorry to reply to myself, but the send button got pressed a bit early. > The point is, I want to approach TeX/mkiv in a holistic way. I don't > necessarily want to be mired in TeX constraints when it seems LuaTeX > will be a) easier b) more relevant c) more powerful. However, I can > imagine that knowing the former is important to understanding/learning > the latter.
My 3 cents: if you want to have your thesis done *quickly* and in an easy, "howto - recipe - faq" way, just use LaTeX (probably with amsrefs/tikz/memoir/a few others). If you want to do more unusual things, and have some spare time to play with them and ask a lot of questions here - use ConTeXt. (Some time ago, on the blog of the Malaysian LaTeX User Group (http://latex-my.blogspot.com/) there was a nice example of having a colourful, good-looking book done in LaTeX, btw, so it's also possible, of course; but LaTeX was *not* designed with such things in mind.) And please, *do* read the TeXbook - it's sooooo much fun! > Anyway, at the moment I'm content to read Taco's new typography > chapter and add a few notes :) Now I'm just feeling obliged to do the same. I'll print them out and read on the bus/tramway (or is it called a "cable car"?) Regards -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
