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On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 00:40:37 +0200 Robert Zydenbos <cont...@zydenbos.net> wrote: > > On 7. Aug 2018, at 17:54, Pablo Rodriguez <oi...@gmx.es> wrote: > > > > On 08/06/2018 11:59 PM, Robert Zydenbos wrote: > >> Sorry for all these footnote questions, […] > > > > Hi Robert, > > > > […] > > > > I hope it helps, > > > > Pablo > > That is it. I have no idea why – but that is the solution. > > (For all readers:) > > ConTeXt is great. Let me make that clear right way. I think it's the future > of TeX. I'm already doing things in ConTeXt that I dread trying to do in > LaTeX or any other system. But (yes, of course there was a 'but' coming) the > one thing that is missing, the one obstacle which I think exists for ConTeXt > gaining wider currency, is really good documentation. > > Take this last question of mine which Pablo solved: I had to put a certain > parameter in \setupnotedefinition [footnote]. First I did it wrongly, > putting it in \setupnote [footnote] (why? because the names of the values, > like 'location', look so much alike). So what goes into \setupnotedefinition > and what goes into \setupnote? How do I know? (How does Pablo know this? > Maybe he can tell me off-list. :-) ) Many of the commands are not, or badly, > documented in the otherwise useful Wiki. What are all the parameters that are > recognized by the various commands, and just what do they mean? What are the > default settings? ConTeXt looks like an object oriented programming language > with inheritances, but it is unclear just what is inherited from where, and > why. > > I appreciate all the effort made by various people to provide documentation > and demos. But I think the cause of ConTeXt would be greatly served if > someone would bring out a hierarchic list of the ConTeXt commands with a > brief description of what the commands and the parameters do and why they > exist at all, so that the reader gets an idea of the structure of the whole > system and the philosophy behind it (i.e., explaining why it is thus > structured and why it works). > > Once again: I think ConTeXt is great, and so is this forum, which is a huge > help. I also realize ConTeXt is complex and that the great people behind it > also have other things to do in life. But still: maybe the kind of > documentation I propose would help to make things still a bit greater? > > Robert > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
