Re: [NTG-context] A question for you

2006-05-28 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, 28 May 2006, nico wrote: BTW, I think that the biggest limitation to have context more used is the installation difficulties: too many dependencies to update by hand (tetex, LM fonts, launching scripts, config files), no standard installation Hello Nico, don't worry, in about 1 or

Re: [NTG-context] A question for you

2006-05-28 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Which typesetting tasks do you NOT do in ConTeXt, and what do you prefer to use for those tasks? Hello Idris, for writing letters I still use LaTeX + lettre.cls or scrlttr2.cls. One interesting feature is the automatic vertical stretching or

Re: [NTG-context] A question for you

2006-05-27 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2006-05-27 um 04:01 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid: Which typesetting tasks do you NOT do in ConTeXt, and what do you prefer to use for those tasks? I use InDesign CS(2) for most of my print work, because... - I do design for a living, and my colleagues and sometimes customers must be able

Re: [NTG-context] A question for you

2006-05-27 Thread gnwiii
On 5/26/06, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which typesetting tasks do you NOT do in ConTeXt, and what do you prefer to use for those tasks? I'm involved with a report series for a small scientific organization. Years ago the organization hired a designer who knew PageMaker. A

Re: [NTG-context] A question for you

2006-05-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Which typesetting tasks do you NOT do in ConTeXt, and what do you prefer to use for those tasks? I do not use ConTeXt for letters and invoices. I guess I could, but I see little point, since I do not really care about how they look as long as can get my point (or

Re: [NTG-context] A question for you

2006-05-27 Thread nico
On Fri, 26 May 2006 20:01:57 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which typesetting tasks do you NOT do in ConTeXt, and what do you prefer to use for those tasks? I don't use context for any technical documentation that requires several output formats (HTML, PDF, troff for

[NTG-context] A question for you

2006-05-26 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear fellow gangsters, I have a question for you all, recalling an exchange with John Culleton last fall: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2005/013498.html In your views, what are the strengths and weaknesses of ConTeXt? For example, under what circumstances do you prefer to use a