I need to write a ConText primer for those who never used ConTeXt, and have no LaTeX background. What should I cover in order to give a precise overview of this system?
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Like "Context, an excursion"?– خالد حسنيCommented Jul 8, 2011 at 22:02
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Less than that. I thought something that would generate this very good book, the very basic ideas.– Frederico LopesCommented Jul 8, 2011 at 23:00
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4If you want something as short as possible, you have to ask yourself what these people you are targeting really need to know. Then, start with the excursion and delete everything you do not need...– Taco HoekwaterCommented Jul 9, 2011 at 9:40
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1This is kind of a subjective question which might easily leads to discussions and is not very suitable for the question & answer scheme of this site. This should better discussed on a ConTeXt forum of mailing-list. Feel free to open a new chat room for this here.– Martin ScharrerCommented Jul 9, 2011 at 10:06
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I understand your point of view, but let me respectfully disagree. I think it's not subjective, because I'm asking for the very "typographic axioms" of ConTeXt, if it exists, the ones with which someone can walk on his own feet. And the strategy of deleting from "Excursion" is a hard one: maybe someone is in the same need I am, and can provide the clues I'm asking for.– Frederico LopesCommented Jul 9, 2011 at 18:54
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Browsing through the "Excursion", I found the top ten commands list:
\starttext,stoptext\chapter,\section,\title,\subject,\setuphead,\compl\em,\bf,\cap\startitemize,\stopitemize,\item,\head\abbreviation,\infull,\completelistofabbreviations\placefigure,\externalfigure,\useexternalfigures\placetable,\starttable,\stoptable\definedescription,\defineenumeration\index,\completeindex\setuplayout,\setupfootertexts,\setupheadertexts
I think it's a good starting point to a minimal primer.
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Please use back-ticks
`to format inline code (or mark the commands and press CTRL+K). Commented Jul 10, 2011 at 16:55 -
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@Aditya: Perhaps you could make that an answer, so we can remove this question from the 'unanswered' list.– Joseph Wright ♦Commented Jul 16, 2011 at 5:13
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@Joseph: I was waiting for a reply from Orbis. @ Orbis: If my link answers your question, please add in your reply (and accept your answer).– AdityaCommented Jul 19, 2011 at 15:29
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@Aditya Thank you. ConTeXt Macro Top Ten is quite what I needed. Commented Jul 23, 2011 at 18:35
List of Top Ten ConteXt commands from Hans Hagen's manual "ConTeXt an Excursion" is a starting point, but for me it can never be less than eleven.
\setuppagenumbering
is a must.
P.S.
Twelve actually, add to it \setuppapersize.
P.P.S.
Also:
\page\startlinecorrection\setuppagenumberfor ultimate control of page numbering.
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I'd even suggest replace #5 with \setuppagenumbering. What about rewrite that list? Commented Aug 3, 2011 at 9:18
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Perhaps. I, personally, do not use abbreviations at all, mainly because I almost never deal with source files other than in xml format.– helcimCommented Aug 4, 2011 at 10:58
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