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• News

  • Tomáš Hála will give a workshop on ConTeXt at OSSConf (July 1-3, Žilina, Slovakia).
  • Currently, ConTeXt is present(ed) at DANTE’s spring meeting in Lahnau (March 11-14)
  • Max Chernoff has created a static backup mirror of this wiki at www.maxchernoff.ca/tools/context-wiki/ as well as tug.org/context-wiki/. These mirrors will be updated daily. You can make your own mirror by cloning github.com/gucci-on-fleek/context-wiki-mirror; e.g. Hraban’s at wiki.mtxrun.eu.
  • The 20th ConTeXt meeting will take place at Maibacher Schweiz, Butzbach-Maibach, Germany on August 24th–29th, 2026.
  • You’re invited to our regular online meet-up, second Wednesday of each month, 19:30 CET/CEST (UTC+1/2). (Q&A with the developers, chat about current projects…)
  • The Wiki’s ConTeXt is on version ConTeXt 2025.02.19 14:35 LMTX now. This is just the ConTeXt installation itself, the command definitions and source code search index are still for the previous installed version 2024.01.08.
  • The 19th ConTeXt meeting took place at the holiday site KREFTA in Chmielno (near Gdańsk), Poland, on August 23th–29th, 2025.
  • The extensive manual Mathematics in ConTeXt screen and paper is included in the distribution since 2024-07.

• Community and web resources

  • Try ConTeXt online (COW, “ConTeXt on web”)
  • Mailing lists
  • ConTeXt news on Mastodon (incl. news about online meet-up)
  • Documentation
  • Wiki suggestion box
  • FAQ and Dictionary
  • Humour 😜 and Common errors 🤔

Introduction to ConTeXt

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  Install ConTeXt
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  Quick Start
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  From LaTeX to ConTeXt
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  Main tutorial

Mastering ConTeXt in 12 topics

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  Input and compilation
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  Document layout and layers
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  Color
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  Document structure and headlines
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  Characters words and fonts
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  Text blocks
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  References notes and floats
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  Tables
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  Graphics and media
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  Mathematics
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  Chemistry
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  ConTeXt and Lua programming

• Input and compilation 

  Cover the installation of ConTeXt, the structure of input files and the compilation process, but also language aspects, text edition, ConTeXt's syntax.

  Document layout and layers 

  Teach how to control the overall structure and appearance of the document.

  Color 

  Enhance the document’s visual appeal using color.

  Document structure and headlines 

  Explain how to structure the document using sections, headlines, and divisions.

  Characters words and fonts 

  Explore typographic customization for characters and words.

  References notes and floats 

  Manage links, cross-references, index, registers, citations, bibliography, annotations, attachments, floats and their caption.

• Text blocks 

  Teach block-level formatting

  typography: like Spacing, Alignment, Indentation, Delimiters and breaks

  environments: like Lists of items, Descriptions, Enumerations, Narrower, Frames, Quotes, Columns, Typing, Verse, Text background, …

  Graphics and media 

  Add and format visual elements.

  Tables 

  Master table creation and styling.

  Mathematics 

  Specialize in typesetting technical content.

  Chemistry 

  Specialize in typesetting technical content.

  ConTeXt and Lua programming 

  Explore advanced scripting and customization, modules and ConTeXt development.