On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 21:08, C.
Hello,
I recently started using context. I migrated from latex to xelatex to context. Mainly because of the better font support. I now value context also for its superior abilities. I feel that I can do more stuff without the use of \usepackage for this, \usepackage for that. When I read the documentation, I get the feeling that a lot of thoughts went into the options that are presented but it's still easy to customize (if you know how to do it :D) Here is my input to your questions.
1) why users are confused with mkiv/mkii? The difference is not well explained. Also, mkii (which I don't use) sounds like "the old version". When I first read about context, it was like "well, we have this and that (mkii and mkiv)" but it should say "we have mkii, [insert here: what can it do, for what users is it recommended, pros/cons] and mkiv [insert info]. If you are not sure what to use, then you should use mkiv, because that is the future." Or something like that.
For me I don't care mkii. I use only mkiv. It's better to separate completely mkii from mkiv distribution. Yes, I see, in this case there is some work more for ConTeXt team.
2) why they my be reluctant to install the minimals? Because they already have it in miktex, texlive. What they don't know is that these versions are outdated and due to the heavy development pretty far behind. Plus, it should say "Context Standalone" because that is what it is.
Yes, agreed ! mkii should be named "ConTeXt Legacy" ?