Hi Hraban !
I agree with you on the diagnosis: the development of ConTeXt
documentation that incorporates the latest elements is primarily
concerned. It's true that many ideas never find their way to
implementation! I agree with most of your analysis, particularly with
regard to the desire to develop the ConTeXt documentation by
incorporating the latest elements. However, this is not impossible, as
shown by some recent contributions (such as 'A Not so Short Introduction
to ConTeXt' by Garulfo
(https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context),
which is translated into 4 or 5 languages. Secondly, I am personally
interested (and this is the case of what we are discussing) in
translating something really developed and articulated, with practical
examples, from the simple to the complex. In particular, something like
a book that allows you to confront the various layout problems,
especially for the exercises (or practical cases with CTX).
JP
Le 25/09/2024 à 15:16, Henning Hraban Ramm a écrit :
Am 25.09.24 um 12:59 schrieb Jean-Pierre Delange:
Without burdening your shoulders with extra work, perhaps a
collaborative translation into different languages would be
appropriate? What do you think?
Wait until you see it and if you really want to translate it.
I don’t really trust in promises any more esp. WRT to documentation.
What became of the “cookbook”? What happened to the other book projects?
Since nearly all other documentation is in English, my book is already
mostly an edited translation, and it doesn’t make sense to translate
it back.
Maybe just work on what is already public:
https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context
https://github.com/AKielhorn/Context-Intro
https://ctan.org/pkg/context-notes-zh-cn
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt,_an_excursion
… and the wiki, of course.
Thanks to anyone who is or was actively contributing!
Hraban
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