On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Michael Saunders wrote:
The important thing is: is there _ever_ going to be a manual? I
You mean like the beginner's manual http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ms-cb-en.pdf and the user manual http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf
want to try Context, but I've been putting it off for years because it's not really practical without documentation.
Things that have changed in MKIV http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mk.pdf Integrating metafun graphics http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-s.pdf On typography http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/style.pdf XML http://pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xml-mkiv.pdf amongst 46 others by Pragma http://pragma-ade.com/show-man-1.htm http://wiki.contextgarden.net/This_Way and other user written documents http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MyWay and then there is the wiki. I agree that some of these are outdated, some are not complete, but documentation does exist. What is missing in the documentation that prevented you from even starting using ConTeXt for *years*. Aditya