Re: [NTG-context] new debian context 2006.12.21-0.1
On Friday 22 December 2006 08:18, Norbert Preining wrote:
> The main difference between ConTeXt and LaTeX lies in the fact that LaTeX
> was created with the idea of separating content and presentation to such
> an extent that the typical author would write their content and then use
> a style file created by someone else to provide the visual presentation.
> .
> ConTeXt, on the other hand, retained the idea of separating content and
> presentation, but was created with the idea of being used for books, where
> each book tends to have a different layout, and so the expected "end user"
> is the person doing all the layout. Thus, it's designed to provide a vast
> amount of flexibility for layout in a way that can be fairly easily defined
> without needing to write a package
Since one can move one's layout into a package in a few seconds and then
include that package into a document, I think this somewhat misses the mark.
Latexstualists may disagree but I think the essence is that Context gives
more control and makes it easier to create new layouts. Whether or not
those new layouts are in a document file or a separate package is not
relevant. Nor is the original purpose for which Context was created
relevant, as both Latex and Context are used for a lot more than math
papers and books.
--Mike Bird
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