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<li>Development</li>
 
<li>Development</li>
 
<li>TextEditors</li>
 
<li>TextEditors</li>
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<li>LowLevelTex</li>
 
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</ul>
  
 
<ul class="filter-sections">
 
<ul class="filter-sections">
<li class="Basics">[[File:cont-enp.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf ConTEXt reference manual 2001 – Complete, but never up-to-date, cleaned-up. (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="Basics">[[File:cont-enp.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf ConTEXt reference manual 2001 – Complete, but never up-to-date, cleaned-up. (2001)]</div></li>
<li class="Basics">[[File:what-is-context.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/what-is-context.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/what-is-context.pdf What is ConTeXt? (2011)]</div></li>
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<li class="Basics">[[File:what-is-context.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/what-is-context.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/what-is-context.pdf What is ConTeXt? (2011)]</div></li>
 
<li class="Basics">[[File:contextref.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf ConTEXt reference manual 2013 - Complete, but never up-to-date, and not fully cleaned-up. (2013)]</div></li>
 
<li class="Basics">[[File:contextref.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf ConTEXt reference manual 2013 - Complete, but never up-to-date, and not fully cleaned-up. (2013)]</div></li>
<li class="Basics">[[File:ma-cb-en.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ma-cb-en.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma
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<li class="Basics">[[File:ma-cb-en.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/ma-cb-en.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/ma-cb-en.pdf ConTeXt Mark IV
 
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= Deprecated manuals =
 
= Deprecated manuals =
 
<ul class="filter-sections">
 
<ul class="filter-sections">
<li class="Basics">[[File:mp-cb-en.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mp-cb-en.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mp-cb-en.pdf ConTeXt an excursion (1999)]</div></li>
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<li class="Basics">[[File:mp-cb-en.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mp-cb-en.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mp-cb-en.pdf ConTeXt an excursion (1999)]</div></li>
<li class="Fonts">[[File:mtexfont.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf TexFont explained (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="Fonts">[[File:mtexfont.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf TexFont explained (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="Fonts">[[File:showfont.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/showfont.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/showfont.pdf Font Sampler (MkII) (2005)]</div></li>
 
<li class="Fonts">[[File:co-fonts.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf Fonts chapter (2005)]</div></li>
 
<li class="Fonts">[[File:co-fonts.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf Fonts chapter (2005)]</div></li>
<li class="Fonts">[[File:mfonts.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf Fonts in Context (2005)]</div></li>
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<li class="Fonts">[[File:mfonts.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf Fonts in Context (2005)]</div></li>
<li class="Fonts">[[File:showfont.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/showfont.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/showfont.pdf Font Sampler (MkII)  (2005)]</div></li>
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<li class="Graphics">[[File:mmakempy.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf Creating MetaPost outlines (2001)]</div></li>
<li class="Graphics">[[File:mmakempy.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf Creating MetaPost outlines  (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="Graphics">[[File:mlabels.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mlabels.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mlabels.pdf Labels : Adding Text to Graphics (2002)]</div></li>
<li class="Graphics">[[File:mlabels.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mlabels.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mlabels.pdf Labels : Adding Text to Graphics (2002)]</div></li>
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<li class="Layout">[[File:columns.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/columns.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/columns.pdf Columns (2003)]</div></li>
<li class="Layout">[[File:columns.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/columns.pdf Columns (2003)]</div></li>
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<li class="Layout">[[File:xcorresp.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/xcorresp.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/xcorresp.pdf Correspondence (2003)]</div></li>
<li class="Layout">[[File:xcorresp.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xcorresp.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xcorresp.pdf Correspondence (2003)]</div></li>
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<li class="Layout">[[File:correspondence.jpg|100px|frameless|link=https://wiki.contextgarden.net/images/8/84/correspondence.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[https://wiki.contextgarden.net/images/8/84/correspondence.pdf Correspondence with ConTEXt (2010)]</div></li>
<li class="Layout">[[File:correspondence.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/downloads/correspondence.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/downloads/correspondence.pdf Correspondence with ConTEXt (2010)]</div></li>
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<li class="Sciences">[[File:06.jpg|100px|frameless|link=https://www.ntg.nl/maps/34/06.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[https://www.ntg.nl/maps/34/06.pdf ConTeXt rehab for amsmath addicts (2006)]</div></li>
<li class="Sciences">[[File:06.jpg|100px|frameless|link=https://www.ntg.nl/maps/34/06.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[https://www.ntg.nl/maps/34/06.pdf ConTeXt rehab for amsmath addicts  (2006)]</div></li>
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<li class="Languages">[[File:mchinese.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mchinese.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mchinese.pdf Chinese in Context (2001)]</div></li>
<li class="Languages">[[File:mchinese.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mchinese.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mchinese.pdf Chinese in Context (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:minstall.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/minstall.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/minstall.pdf How to install Context (2001)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexexec.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexexec.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexexec.pdf TeXEXEC explained (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexexec.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexexec.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexexec.pdf TeXEXEC explained (2001)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:minstall.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/minstall.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/minstall.pdf How to install Context (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexutil.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexutil.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexutil.pdf TeXUTIL (2001)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexutil.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexutil.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexutil.pdf TeXUTIL (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexwork.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexwork.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexwork.pdf TeXwork (2001)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexwork.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexwork.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexwork.pdf TeXwork (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:ex-gui.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/ex-gui.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/ex-gui.pdf PRAGMA POD example gui (2002)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:ex-gui.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ex-gui.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ex-gui.pdf PRAGMA POD example gui (2002)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexsync-p.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexsync-p.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexsync-p.pdf texsync (2003)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mpstopdf.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mpstopdf.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mpstopdf.pdf Weaving PS into PDF (2003)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mpstopdf.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mpstopdf.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mpstopdf.pdf Weaving PS into PDF (2003)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexsync-p.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexsync-p.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexsync-p.pdf texsync (2003)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mpattern.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mpattern.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mpattern.pdf Hyphenation patterns (2005)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mpattern.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mpattern.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mpattern.pdf Hyphenation patterns (2005)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:xmanipulate.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/xmanipulate.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/xmanipulate.pdf Preprocessing Source Files & Manipulating Graphic Resources (2005)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:xmanipulate.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xmanipulate.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xmanipulate.pdf Preprocessing Source Files & Manipulating Graphic Resources (2005)]</div></li>
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<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexmfstart.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexmfstart.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexmfstart.pdf TEXMF Start (2006)]</div></li>
<li class="ConTeXtTools">[[File:mtexmfstart.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexmfstart.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexmfstart.pdf TEXMF Start (2006)]</div></li>
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<li class="XML">[[File:example.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/example.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/example.pdf XML in ConTeXt (MkII) (2001)]</div></li>
<li class="XML">[[File:example.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/example.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/example.pdf XML in ConTeXt (MkII) (2001)]</div></li>
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<li class="XML">[[File:xmlfoe.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/xmlfoe.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/xmlfoe.pdf Just an XML FO engine (2004)]</div></li>
<li class="XML">[[File:xmlfoe.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xmlfoe.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xmlfoe.pdf Just an XML FO engine (2004)]</div></li>
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<li class="TextEditors">[[File:mscite-s.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf Scite in Context : short manual (2006)]</div></li>
<li class="TextEditors">[[File:mscite-s.jpg|100px|frameless|link=http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf]]<div style="padding-left:.5em; text-align:left;">[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf Scite in Context : short manual (2006)]</div></li>
 
 
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* To save time of developers, '''please, read the manuals before you start asking questions at the [https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context mailing list'''].  
 
* To save time of developers, '''please, read the manuals before you start asking questions at the [https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context mailing list'''].  
* Most of the manuals are available in the [http://www.pragma-ade.com/install.htm ConTeXt distribution], and on the mirrors like [https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/src/beta/doc/context/documents/general/ bitbucket.org], with their [https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/src/beta/doc/context/sources/general/manuals  sources],
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* Most of the manuals are available in the [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/install.htm ConTeXt distribution], and on the mirrors like [https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/src/beta/doc/context/documents/general/ bitbucket.org], with their [https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/src/beta/doc/context/sources/general/manuals  sources],
* An other overview is also available at [http://www.pragma-ade.com/overview.htm Pragma-Ade website], with an interactive PDF as the [http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-man.pdf  Manuals Gallery],
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* An other overview is also available at [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/overview.htm Pragma-Ade website], with an interactive PDF as the [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/show-man.pdf  Manuals Gallery],
 
* Some printed versions can be purchased from [http://www.h2o-boeken.nl/product-category/context H2O-Books]:
 
* Some printed versions can be purchased from [http://www.h2o-boeken.nl/product-category/context H2O-Books]:
 
** [http://www.h2o-boeken.nl/product/metafun-manual/ MetaFun manual] - 2010
 
** [http://www.h2o-boeken.nl/product/metafun-manual/ MetaFun manual] - 2010

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