Re: [NTG-context] feature request

Hi Alan,

1) when new to Context, coming from LaTeX and learning a new system; ... One gets over the first case rather quickly and then there is no going back: the philosophies are so different.

Hmm, I'll make an effort to be a LaTeX user and also ConTeXt user. Best regards, Atsuhito Kohda 2019年7月5日(金) 0:56 Alan Braslau :

On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 11:16:22 -0400 (EDT) Aditya Mahajan wrote:

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BTW, I constantly convert Beamer documents into ConTeXt's simpleslide documents recently and it is very convenient if I can use \pmatrix{a&b\cr c&d\cr} style because it is similar to LaTeX documents.

You can create a private module with the definitions that you need. If these are general enough, then you can also release it as a third party module for others to use. I don't see the value of adding (and maintaining!) a module that provides LaTeX compatibility as part of the core.

LaTeX compatibility is desired (by some) 1) when new to Context, coming from LaTeX and learning a new system; 2) for ConTeXt users who are *required* to sometimes use LaTeX, for example in submissions to journals etc. that accept LaTeX but cannot handle Context sources.

One gets over the first case rather quickly and then there is no going back: the philosophies are so different.

In the second case, I restrict myself to a strict use of the journal's own template (for example with revtex), never asking for anything more nor anything less.

In a third situation of editors who give lip service to accepting TeX submissions, I give them plain text for they are going to re-key in everything in any case. I provide them with a pdf that they can use to correct their markup.

Alan

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