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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-context.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-context.html index 8a87be7f21e..c3f57b68c60 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-context.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-context.html @@ -2,26 +2,49 @@ <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label context</title> </head><body> <h3>What is ConTeXt?</h3> -<p><a href="http://www.pragma-ade.com/">ConTeXt</a> is a macro package -developed by Hans Hagen, originally to -serve the needs of his (Dutch) firm Pragma. It was designed with the -same general-purpose aims as LaTeX, but (being younger) reflects -much more recent thinking about the structure of markup, etc. In -particular, ConTeXt can customise its markup to an -author’s language (customising modules for Dutch, English and German -are provided, at present). -<p>ConTeXt is well integrated, in all of its structure, -with the needs of hypertext markup, and in particular with the -facilities offered by <a href="FAQ-whatpdftex.html">PDFTeX</a>. -The default installation employs a version of PDFTeX built with the -<a href="FAQ-etex.html">e-TeX extensions</a>, which allows further flexibility. -<p>ConTeXt doesn’t yet have quite such a large developer community as +<p/><a href="http://www.pragma-ade.com/">ConTeXt</a> is a macro package +developed by Hans Hagen of Pragma-Ade. ConTeXt is a +document-production system based, like LaTeX, on the TeX +typesetting system. Whereas LaTeX insulates the writer from +typographical details, ConTeXt takes a complementary approach by +providing structured interfaces for handling typography, including +extensive support for colors, backgrounds, hyperlinks, presentations, +figure-text integration, and conditional compilation. It gives the +user extensive control over formatting while making it easy to create +new layouts and styles without learning the TeX macro +language. ConTeXt’s unified design avoids the package clashes that +can happen with LaTeX. +<p/>ConTeXt also integrates MetaFun, a superset of MetaPost and a powerful +system for vector graphics. MetaFun can be used as a stand-alone +system to produce figures, but its strength lies in enhancing +ConTeXt documents with accurate graphic elements. +<p/>ConTeXt allows the users to specify formatting commands in English, +Dutch, German, French, or Italian, and to use different typesetting +engines (PDFTeX, XeTeX, Aleph, and soon LuaTeX) without +changing the user interface. ConTeXt is developed rapidly, often in +response to requests from the user community. +<p/> + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<p/>ConTeXt doesn’t yet have quite such a large developer community as does LaTeX, but those developers who are active seem to have -prodigious energy. Some support is available via a -<a href="http://contextgarden.net/">WIKI site</a>. +prodigious energy. Support is available via a +<a href="http://contextgarden.net">WIKI site</a> and via the +<a href="http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context">mailing list</a>. <dl> <dt><tt><i>ConTeXt distribution</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context.zip">macros/context</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/context.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/context/">browse</a>) </dl> -<p> +<p/> <p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=context">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=context</a> </body> |