All-
A few days ago when I first stumbled on ConTeXt I was very,
very excited. I have some 500 pages of technical documentation that could
benefit from this, particularly since I need Japanese font support. But it has
to be real.
I’m sorry if this sounds caustic, but after 12 hours
of failed attempts to even get a minimal document formatted I have some serious
questions for the list:
1.
Is Mark IV real? I am only somewhat joking here –
after spending hours searching for reasonable documentation on even the most
trivial options, I am left wondering whether this is something I want to use…
2.
ConTeXt looks great. But what is current? Seriously, I
like the look and the support (particularly Unicode). But going over
documentation I cannot make heads or tails of what to do. Mark II? Mark IV?
TeTeX? LuaTeX? If I really want to use this, what should I use?
3.
Having answered #2, where in the world is a reference
manual!!! I mean one that actually *documents the options*.
4.
Having answered #3, are there any current examples that
actually work? The snippets from the mailing are great, but they are just snippets.
That doesn’t help me.
Now, to resolve my immediate issue, and just because I will
not be able to sleep well until I figure this out (yes, I am fixated on this).
I want this document structure:
Contents
1. Chapter
1-1
1.1
Section
1-2
2. Chapter
2
2-1
2.1
Section
2-2
Table of contents on page “i”.
Even/odd, each chapter starts on right page.
Page number (as in 2-2) in top margin.
Mark IV, Lua document.
I have tried hundreds of different combinations. If it
cannot do this, the I will (with sadness) move on. I’m sure that it would
take someone who understands this about 5 minutes to write (if that).
-Bryant
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