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Everything about ConTeXt

General-purpose document processor, derived from TeX

ConTeXt, stylised as ConTeXt, is a general-purpose document processor. Like LaTeX, it is derived from the TeX typesetting system. ConTeXt is especially suited for structured documents, automated document production, very fine typography, and multilingual typesetting. It is based in part on TeX, and uses a document markup language for manuscript preparation. The typographical and automated capabilities of ConTeXt are extensive, including interfaces for handling microtypography, multiple footnotes and footnote classes, and manipulating OpenType fonts and features. Moreover, ConTeXt offers 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 low-level TeX macro language. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: ConTeXtA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Beyond Transmitting Bits: Context, Semantics, and Task-Oriented CommunicationsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The Tipping PointThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Mindfulness-based interventions in context: Past, present, and future.Cited 11,229 times
  5. Go sideways: LuaTeXA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: PdfTeXA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.

Noun The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.

Noun The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.

Noun The trama or flesh of a mushroom.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

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  4. Example of code

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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