Re: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?
Am 04.11.2005 um 15:49 schrieb Taco Hoekwater:
What do you do with ConTeXT?
We are using ConTeXt for typesetting wonderful books (werksatz),
mostly in the fields of arts and humanities.
This kind of books often show an advanced use of footnotes, languages
and alphabets.
What could be improved in ConTeXt for this specific use is a better
integration of figures:
Images placed at a certain fixed position surrounded by text.
Hans allready knows my
\placefigure{top, left}
or
\placefigure{bottom, outer}
request for years now ...
Yours
Steffen
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RE: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?
What do you do with ConTeXT? We may divide this into present activities, planned activities, useful, and needed features: Present activities: I use ConTeXt to a) typeset an academic journal b) typeset my own books Planned or in-progress activities: I am striving for a) advanced critical edition support b) advanced Arabic-script support, including complicated scripts like Nastaliq: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00xcallig/coloniallate/nastaliq/nastaliq.html I already have a working Arabic module; though experimental, it produces some of the best classical Naskh Arabic script one can find in digital typography-) c) related to b) I would like to see an integration of aleph and pdfetex (for full left-to-right and right-to-left typesetting) Useful present or needed features: The best feature over LaTeX is its predictability and integratedness (no 1001 packages to sift through). NEEDED: a) A COMPLETE CONTEXT IDE, maybe even a lyx-like application b) More streamlined way to setup fonts c) Complete independence from the TeX distributions (almost there-)) Best Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all, For the next issue of the ntg's Maps journal, Hans and I believe it would be nice to publish the collected responses to this simple question: What do you do with ConTeXT? We think it would be nice to see all the various ways in which people experience ConTeXt. We are not looking for articles, in fact we really want just a small amount of text per user, nothing longer then you would normally type in an email message. One, perhaps two paragraphs that simply tell about your personal experience using (or playing with) (or fighting with) (or yelling at) (or staring at in bewilderment) (or revelling in) (or running away from) ConTeXt. If you like this idea, just reply to this message. I will then collect and merge the responses, and finally put a pdf on-line somewhere. Don't be shy! Taco ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context I use ConTeXt to typeset: 1. slides 2. mathematical formula 3. Chinese It is far more easier to write slides in ConTeXt than in LaTeX. And ConTeXt can produce PDF directly. The math enviroment is not as good as it in LaTeX, but it is enough for me now. The Chinese enviroment is not as good as LaTeX(CJK) either, but it is easier to learn. I hope the Chinese module can be enhanced some day. ConTeXt is a good work, and I like it! I'm going to stick to it. Regards, xiaojf ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?
Hi all, Taco Hoekwater wrote: What do you do with ConTeXT? As big project I typeset my Diploma (~ Master) thesis with it - and I will do so for my PhD as well. Otherwise I use it for slides and writeups. For papers I so far used LaTeX, but I'm toying with the idea to use it also for a paper; unfortunally APS and arXiv.org don't support ConTeXt. However, if enough authors bug them, they will probably do so at the end. ;-) Tobias ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
