Glossary
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Glossary provides the quick orientation in the ConTeXt language. Linked terms will take you around this glossary. External links are added to the most appropriate term. For command description use texshow. Users are welcome to add terms and its definitions.
item template
- Template for the item in the glossary.
- Definitions can link to commands in texshow (eg. \clonefield) and pages in contextgarden (eg. Table).
- See: simple item template
- See also: simple item template
- See in wiki: Glossary
simple item template
- ?
- See: item template
- See also: item template
- See in wiki: Glossary
Contents: Symbols A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Symbols
A
Aleph
B
C
ConTeX
command
\command{the command works with its parameter(s)}
- See also: switch
- See in wiki: Command Syntax
D
distribution
- ?
- See also: item template
- See in wiki: Glossary
E
engine
eTeX
F
field
- ?
- See: item template
- See also: item template
- See in wiki: Glossary
G
H
I
J
K
L
layer
- Layers are ConTeXt's mechanism for absolute positioning of elements and other advanced techniques like switching elements on and off.
- See in wiki: Layers
LuaTeX
M
mki
- ConTeXt Mark I. Original ConTeXt with Dutch low level interface.
- See: version tag
- See also: mkii, mkiii, mkiv
mkii
- ConTeXt Mark II. ConTeXt with English low level interface, suitable for good old TeX (eTeX, pdfTeX, Aleph).
- See: version tag
- See also: mki, mkiii, mkiv
mkiii
- ConTeXt Mark III. Reserved for future use for files supporting XeTeX.
- See: version tag
- See also: mki, mkii, mkiv
mkiv
- ConTeXt Mark IV. Next generation of ConTeXt. Code optimized for use with LuaTeX.
- See: version tag
- See also: mki, mkii, mkiii
N
natural table
- ?
- See in wiki: Tables Overview, TABLE
O
overlay
- ?
- See: item template
- See also: item template
- See in wiki: Glossary
P
pdfTeX
Q
R
S
switch
{\switch the switch influences everything in its group}
- See also: command
- See in wiki: Command Syntax
T
TeX
U
V
version tag
- ConTeXt versioning system unvisible to the users (user interface is the same), distinguishing the developement of ConTeXt low level interface and the use of different TeX engines. Most of the files are same for all versions, but some of them (fonts, encodings, file handling) may be different and they come with different suffixes (
somefile.mkii
,somefile.mkiv
). Read more on internal versioning in ConTeXt, mkii & mkiv. - See: mki, mkii, mkiii, mkiv
W
X
XeTeX
Y
Z
Contents: Top Symbols A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z