Re: [NTG-context] spacing before items

-----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of David Rogers Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 3:18 PM

Mike Cooper writes:

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Thanks Tomáš!

1. Where can this solution be found?

Mike, I know how you feel. The reasons that the documentation is so sparse and difficult to find are the same reasons behind a lot of things: time, money, and ability. Good documentation requires all three of those things to be brought together at the same time. Some people reading and responding here have two out of the three, but it's rare to find someone who has all three at the same time.

On second thought, there are at least five things required: time, money, ability, desire, and a workable plan. And with ConTeXt being developed by a relatively tiny group, even if a brilliant and kind organizer came along and said "I want excellent documentation for ConTeXt, and I'll pay a fortune to the person who knows how to write it - see, here's the money" - there's no way of guaranteeing that someone would actually take the offer.

-- David

Thanks David! I don't think I've ever been quite so frustrated at trying to learn anything else in my life! If it wasn't required by my job, I wouldn't have made it past the first day or two (3 months ago). But I'm slogging away and it's gradually coming together (I think). I spent my whole day yesterday figuring out how to do some very basic formatting/layout that would have taken 5-10 minutes in Word or HTML/CSS. People have been very helpful and patient with me!! Thanks to all of you for that! And thanks David for this explanation of the situation. regards, Mike