Simple input vs component structure
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Hi all, I have a set of reference manuals that consist of a number of chapters. Those documents pull in the individual chapters via \input commands. I have just recently discovered that ConTeXt actually DOES support a project/product/component structure. So, I have been experimenting with making the individual reference manuals ‘products’ and converting all chapters into ‘components’. However, I wonder what that actually gains me? What are the benefits of this product/component structure? It looks like I can reference other sections in these other components, but I can do that now even with the simple \input. What am I missing? Another related question in this context is: What do I actually expect when I run the project file, as in: $ context project.tex ConText runs for a little while, and actually states in the log somewhere result saved in file: project.pdf, compresslevel 3, objectcompresslevel 3 but no such file is generated; it also does not build the individual components? What does it do? Or what should I expect it to do? Thank you, Malte -- “The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe. ― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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Malte Stien