Re: [NTG-context] The ConTeXt Companion

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:58:11 -0600, Patrick Gundlach wrote:

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... ConTeXt would probably stabilize, which IMHO is not a good thing. One thing I really love ConTeXt for is the speed new techniques are adopted (pdf features, luatex,...) One day we might have a ConTeXt MKII book for those who are afraid of swithing to pdftex2.

Hmm, we had this discussion in Epen...

I think that enough of the high-level interface is stable enough that a thorough ConTeXt book will be useful, particularly after luaTeX/pdfTeX2. I recall a particular someone at Epen volunteering to set up a working committee on this, even to write the book himself if no one volunteers to help soon... :D :D :D

As for MKII/pdfTeX1, it makes no sense making a book for a stalled branch; pdfTeX1 will go the way of the original TeX engine. Who today will write a book for those who only want to use the dvi format?

hey, it's not that bad ... functionality will not change but mkiv - will have less to no input encoding and font encoding mess to be explained - font installation wil be easier due to lack of encodings - some functionality will be more robust due to node postprocessing (hidden for user) - some new stuff (for idris -) So ... apart from some chapters, much mkii/mkiv descriptions are the same Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------