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== Modifying the output style ==
  
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It is possible to change the style of the output by using appropriate ''setup'' commands in the preamble. For example, to make the section titles bold and to use italic (rather than slanted) font for emphasized words, use
  
What is ConTeXt? What can I do with it? Let’s see. Take your favourite [[text editor]], type in the following document and save it as a file <code>hello.tex</code>.
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<context mode="mkiv" source="yes" text="which gives">
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\setuphead[section][style=\bfa]
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\setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic]
  
<texcode>
 
 
\starttext
 
\starttext
Hello World
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\startsection[title={Testing ConTeXt}]
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  This is my {\em first} ConTeXt document.
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\stopsection
 
\stoptext
 
\stoptext
</texcode>
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</context>
  
It shows already a ConTeXt essential: everything's between <tt>\startsomething</tt> and <tt>\stopsomething</tt>.
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[[Category:Basics]]
 
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[[Category:Sample documents]]
I you don't have ConTeXt [[install|installed]] (yet), you can first try out the latest version using the web interface http://live.contextgarden.net.
 
 
 
If you already installed it, you can go to the shell/command line and type in
 
 
 
<pre>
 
texexec --pdf hello.tex
 
</pre>
 
 
 
and now ConTeXt will start. It will give you some output on your terminal 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
 
 
 
            executable : pdfetex
 
                format : cont-en
 
            inputfile : test
 
                output : standard
 
            interface : en
 
          current mode : none
 
              TeX run : 1
 
 
 
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
 
(/opt/context/current/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx)
 
entering extended mode
 
(./test.tex
 
 
 
ConTeXt  ver: 2005.08.19  fmt: 2005.8.19  int: english  mes: english
 
 
 
language        : language en is active
 
<protectionstate 0>
 
...
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
Don’t be worried. This is the way it should look. Once texexec has finished, it will leave behind a file called <tt>hello.pdf</tt>. Open it and you will see a "Hello world" on a virtual A4 paper and a page number.
 
 
 
> [[Second Step]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:18, 14 April 2024

Modifying the output style

It is possible to change the style of the output by using appropriate setup commands in the preamble. For example, to make the section titles bold and to use italic (rather than slanted) font for emphasized words, use

\setuphead[section][style=\bfa]
\setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic]

\starttext
\startsection[title={Testing ConTeXt}]
  This is my {\em first} ConTeXt document.
\stopsection
\stoptext

which gives