Re: [NTG-context] The ConTeXt book

Ah, I was going to respond in an offlist email to Arthur that I am available for help. My masters thesis, though evolved considerably since I first submitted a vague description some months ago, is still significantly focused on ConTeXt. I will necessarily be documenting the means by which I overcome certain obstacles, achieve certain effects, etc. This will appear through blog posts, and in the end may or may not be typeset into a kind of "Excursion"-style PDF. All this discussion of poor documentation at times brings fear into my enthusiasm for this thesis. On the one hand I do not wish to rely on mk.II, and on the other I've heard people say that any projects they begin in mk.IV end up being written for mk.II for stability purposes. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Anyway, just wanted to say that there was to be at least one more individual offering help. Too bad it turns out to be a joke :/ Regards, John Haltiwanger On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

On 2-4-2010 11:57, luigi scarso wrote:

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On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Arthur Reutenauer  wrote:

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Good news - if it isn't an April hoax. :-)

 Martin, you're so evil!  Don't ever ruin my jokes again -- I didn't ruin yours 3 years again (the one where you announced XPSTeX, and said Microsoft would embed pdfTeX in Word).  Fortunately people didn't pay too much attention to your mail :-]

 To all: it was, indeed, an April Fool's joke I suggested to Hans and Taco.  Nobody has offered to pay anyone to write ConTeXt documentation yet, although several people have toyed with the idea of writing a ConTeXt book.  But, even with the incentive of money, time and motivation are also a problem.

 And to the only one who offered help -- Luigi: gloria a te!  It's heartwarming to see truly sincere support.  I'm sorry I have nothing to provide for the moment, but maybe in the near future things will get moving?

       Have a nice Good Friday everyone,

So let's see this year what I have won; Taco: ++ beers (one for last year...) Hans: + beer Arthur: + beer Martin: 1/2 beer (* I * remember it)

but that's a german size which is twice the dutch so ...

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They are 4.5 beers for me --- a good motive to come bachoTeX...hmm..

5 then ... i'd better let you update the modules documentation then before you start drinking (there will be a current next week, so you have plenty of time)

Hans

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