On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 07:55:51PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Hi all,
to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality).
As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is \donothing, it is a internal command and only a synonym for \empty but it’s one reason why I prefer ConTeXt’s coding style (especially with the recent changes in MkIV) over the unreadable LaTeX code.
Wolfgang
Not quite the same as \null: \def\null {\hbox{}} My (LaTeX) code used to always be riddled with \mbox{} (somehow, I got into the habit of using this rather than \hbox{}) But this is not my favorite. Believe it or not, I quite often make the error of typing '\startext'. (Hans, don't think about adding this as a synonym - each time that I make this mistake I am quite happy to get an error message... This is what I get for typing and reading too fast!) I do like unicode support. However, what I like best about ConTeXt commands is consistency, where the choice of syntax is constantly moving towards standardization. Often, when I want to do something new, I just try what seems logical, using the very same keywords as used elsewhere (when appropriate), and usually this just works! Alan P.S. I regret that ConTeXt and Mojca's \simplethesis command was not available when I needed it!