On Wed, 30 Jan 2013, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
If I can go out on a limb: What Bill seems to want is a general WYSIWYG->ConTeXt solution. Generalizing Thomas's remark, I'm not sure that the word-processor paradigm is appropriate for such a thing (unless one is very disciplined in using the word processor). But a WYSIWYG structured layout processor like Framemaker (is there some free imitation out there?) may output xml that is more regular, predictable, and easier to map to ConTeXt than any M$-Word imitation.
For a *simple* WYSIWYG solution, have a look at zim (http://zim-wiki.org/). It is a desktop wiki, but it has support for basic structure elements (headings, bold, italic, etc., lists, images, hyperlinks). It has a native text-based format, and exports to HTML/Markdown/ReST. So, if you do not need any fancy features (tables, footnotes, etc.), it may be a suitable WYSIWYG editor. I assume that the generated HTML is clean, and it should be easier to handle than ODT. Aditya