Difference between revisions of "Basics"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
* [[References]]: Automatically referring to pages and labels. | * [[References]]: Automatically referring to pages and labels. | ||
* [[PDF Bookmarks and Headers]] | * [[PDF Bookmarks and Headers]] | ||
+ | * [[Cross Referencing]]: Inline text referencing. | ||
}} | }} | ||
Line 51: | Line 52: | ||
* [[Enumerations]]: Itemizations, itemized lists, and bulleted lists. | * [[Enumerations]]: Itemizations, itemized lists, and bulleted lists. | ||
* [[Description|Descriptions]]: Lists with text labels, such as definitions. | * [[Description|Descriptions]]: Lists with text labels, such as definitions. | ||
− | |||
* [[Paragraph Enumeration]]: Numbered paragraphs. | * [[Paragraph Enumeration]]: Numbered paragraphs. | ||
* [[Paragraph Referencing]]: Number all paragraphs for referencing usage | * [[Paragraph Referencing]]: Number all paragraphs for referencing usage |
Revision as of 19:33, 30 May 2020
Here you find the Basics of ConTeXt document structure and text formatting (because paragraphs, emphasis, verbatims, quotes... also contributes to the structure of your documents).
If it can help, there is a Dictionary of typographical terms. There is also an few reference about the History of TeX (2007, it would benefit from an update).
Document structure
-
ConTeXt Projects
- Project structure: How to split up content and setup.
- Modes: Conditional processing of document
Titles, Headings, and Sections
- Titles: sectioning and formatting
- Table of Contents
Page Structure
- Headers and Footers
- Footnotes, endnotes, and related notes.
-
Structure-Related Lists
- Registers: Indexes and other similar word lists.
- Bibliography: Referenced documents and in-text citations.
Referencing
- References: Automatically referring to pages and labels.
- PDF Bookmarks and Headers
- Cross Referencing: Inline text referencing.
Text formatting
-
Basic Text Formatting
- Font Switching, to change font styles (bold, italic, capitalizing, underline, etc.)
- Indentation
- Columns
- Color
- Verbatim text
- Quotes
- Framed
- Verse
- Initials (dropped caps, dropcaps)
- Symbols
- Delimiter to forced linebreak
-
Structured Text
- Enumerations: Itemizations, itemized lists, and bulleted lists.
- Descriptions: Lists with text labels, such as definitions.
- Paragraph Enumeration: Numbered paragraphs.
- Paragraph Referencing: Number all paragraphs for referencing usage
- Tables: Different ways to create tables in ConTeXt.
More advanced Text Formatting
- Faking characters
- Compound words
- Hiding Content
- Cropping text
- Graphical text manipulation
- TextBackground (includes underlining)
- Specially Shaped paragraphs
- Widows and orphans control
- Paragraph last line control
- autoinsertnextspace
- setuplocalinterlinespace
TODO: Warning: to be structured. (See: To-Do List) |