On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 08:16 (+0100), Joaquín Ataz López wrote:
> Thank you for the message and for the interest in the *ANSS* .
Thanks for getting back!
> Regarding the points raised:
> *Editorial control and updates:* I have no problem with the
> community updating and extending the work. I believe the best way to
> ensure its continuity is to make it a collective project.
Great.
> *Naming:* I agree that a slight change in the name (perhaps adding
> 'Community Edition' or similar) would be useful to avoid confusion
> with the original versions.
Also, given that Mk IV has been superseded, I would suggest changing "Mark
IV" in the title to "LMTX". (And other places will need analogous updates.)
> *Management:* I think it would be wise to have a small group of
> coordinators to oversee the changes, although giving write access to
> a selection of trusted contributors is a great way to keep the
> project dynamic.
This might be one of the trickier parts to getting things going.
> I am excited to see how the community takes this project forward.
Me too!
Everyone:
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Speaking of "management", who "owns" the github contextgarden user?
Cheers.
Jim
> El 16/2/26 a las 22:10, Jim escribió:
>> On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 13:01 (+0100), Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>>> Am 15.02.26 um 12:48 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context:
>>> > Congratulations again for the new book. May its high sales require (at
>>> > least, English and Spanish) translations,
>> Hear, hear!
>>> I have ideas for an English/international edition that I’d like to discuss
>>> (in a new thread); the current edition is quite German-centered, there are
>>> things that don’t apply to most other countries/languages, and it would be
>>> necessary to include more international options; let’s discuss which other
>>> languages make sense (would that be European Spanish or one of the American
>>> ones?), I couldn’t help with any.
>>> A much lower hanging fruit would be updating and extending the “not so short
>>> introduction”,
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>> While I can't comment on whether updating ANSS would be a lower-hanging
>> fruit than an English edition of your book,
>> (1) I hear that all of a sudden you have lots of time on your hands. :-)
>> (2) I agree that updating and extending ANSS would be a worthwhile project.
>> To that end... can anyone enlighten me (and other list members) on any of
>> these points:
>> (a) Would Joaquín Ataz-López want to retain editorial control?
>> (b) If not,
>> (i) Is he ok with other people updating and extending this work?
>> (ii) Would he prefer a document with a (slightly?) changed name
>> to avoid confusion?
>> (iii) Would we need one or more people in charge of accepting changes,
>> or does anyone think that it would work if some (carefully
>> curated?) selection of contributors were write access to the
>> repository?
>> (c) How can the ConTeXt community get this ball rolling?
>> Cheers.
>> Jim
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> Universidad de Murcia - España
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