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{Ἔφη γάρ οἱ Σωκράτη ἐντυχεῖν λελουμένον τε καὶ τὰς βλαύτας ὑποδεδεμένον, ἃ ἐκεῖνος ὀλιγάκις ἐποίει· καὶ ἐρέσθαι αὐτὸν ὅποι ἴοι οὕτω καλὸς γεγενημένος. καὶ τὸν εἰπεῖν ὅτι· Ἐπὶ δεῖπνον εἰς Ἀγάθωνος. χθὲς γὰρ αὐτὸν διέφυγον τοῖς ἐπινικίοις, φοβηθεὶς τὸν ὄχλον· ὡμολόγησα δ᾽ εἰς τήμερον παρέσεσθαι. ταῦτα δὴ ἐκαλλωπισάμην, ἵνα καλὸς παρὰ καλὸν ἴω}. {{cmd|\TwoColumns}} 

{{cmd|section}}{Éditing with \ConTeXT as an alternative to LaTeX} %''Note : if you want to transcript the words TeX, LaTeX and other TeX in the appropriate face, add a backslash before the word, like that : \LaTeX; \ConTeXt — an alternative}.''

Readers familiar with this type of language will have recognised from the previous paragraphs the brand name and technique used in the \TeX language. However, the use of this software relies on a fairly large set of declarations and it takes a great deal of practice to be able to play with, if not the power, at least the finesse of \LaTeX. There are a great many commands, and it is often necessary to refer to a manual to remember the subtleties that have made it possible to achieve a particular printed result. Of course, there is commercial software to help with professional publishing in the Humanities sector. But on the one hand they are not free and are relatively expensive for an individual, not to mention the cost of licences for professional groups of teachers and researchers.

Given this state of affairs, we can turn to \ConTeXt, which is not an alternative to \LaTeX, but a more synthetic (or even more elegant) way of using \LaTeX. \ConTeXt, like \LaTeX, is a software suite which contains the macros of \LaTeX, the routines of the {\em Perl} language, as well as the macros of \LuaTeX. It is therefore possible to define just about everything that is required for professional publishing, without going into the technical knowledge of the \LaTeX language. Of course, there are a number of technical issues to be addressed if you want to work with this type of tool: for mathematicians, perfect presentation and editing of complex equations, diagrams and tables requires a fairly advanced apprenticeship. This is also true for users who come from the humanities, who know their field, and who want to write a simple document, a journal article, or even entire chapters of an academic work. Very often, it is the publishers who take care of the layout of the document you want to publish, based on a Word style sheet. But sometimes, if it is a dossier of several articles, or even an edition with financial support for publication, you would like to have control over the quality of the printed document.