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A Vietnamese version of <i>LaTeX in proper ConTeXt</i> is available at [http://vnoss.org/docs/LaTeX2ConTeXt-vi.pdf VnOSS]. == Functionality of Latex Packages in Context ===
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General hints for converting from LaTeX to Context can be found in the * [http://www.berenddeboer.net/tex/LaTeX2ConTeXt.pdf LaTeX in proper ConTeXt] manual, by [http://www.berenddeboer.net/ Berend de Boer]A Vietnamese version is available at [http://vnoss.org/docs/LaTeX2ConTeXt-vi.pdf VnOSS].
This page offers specific advice on a number of special things that you may be doing with LaTeX, but are not so obvious to do with ConTeXt.
=== Document and Page Layout ===
* [[Document Titles]]: Title blocks, as in the standard LaTeX article.
* [[LaTeX Thanks|The \thanks command{}]] adds footnoted information, usually to author blocks.
* [[Article Abstracts]]: Abstracts from the standard LaTeX article or report.
* [[KOMA-scrartcl Type Area]]: An interesting automated type-area setup.
* [[Flush bottom]]
* [[Vertically Centered Boxes]]: Centering parboxes and tables in a line of text.
=== Text Formatting ===
* [[Bold small caps]]
* The microtype package has its analogue in [[Protrusion]]
* So-called (by plain TeX and LaTeX) [[French spacing]]
=== Idiomatic Differences Between ConTeXt and LaTeX ===
==== Brackets and Braces ====
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|-
| || {..} || [..]
|-
| LaTeX || command arguments || optional arguments
|-
| ConTeXt || typeset material; scope or range of the command (the text acted upon) is placed between curly brackets || setups instructions and metadata (options)
|-
|}
==== Optional Arguments and Setups ====
In ConTeXt, arguments may be either
[[System Macros/Comma Separated Lists|comma separated lists]]
or [[System Macros/Key_Value_Assignments|assignments]], but
<em>not</em> both. The following example demonstrates that LaTeX
allows either syntax in optional arguments:
<pre>
\documentclass[BCOR=12mm,DIV=calc,twoside]{scrartcl}
</pre>
(From the [http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/scrguien.pdf KOMA-Script manual].)
ConTeXt, however, distinguishes strictly between both types for
processing them internally relies on two different
mechanisms. Therefore, setups like <cmd>itemize</cmd> usually
allow two sets of optional arguments
[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/75276], the
comma list preceding the assignment:
<texcode>
\starttext
\startitemize [R,2*broad][
start=11,
before=\startlinecorrection,
after=\stoplinecorrection,
]
\item Foo,
\item bar,
\item baz.
\stopitemize
\stoptext
</texcode>
The ConTeXt interface definitions
(collected by Wolfgang in the [https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/commands/overview macro reference])
use a special notation to indicate whether an argument
expects assignment or list syntax:
<pre>
\defineframedtext [...] [...] [..,.=.,..]
</pre>
where <code>[...]</code> stands for the <em>list</em> type and
<code>[..,.=.,..]</code> denotates an <em>assignment</em>.
=== Programming ===
* [[Commands with optional arguments]]
* [[LaTeX Math in ConTeXt]]
=== Copy-Paste text between LaTeX and ConTeXt ===
It is sometimes useful to have the same source for a latex LaTeX document and context a ConTeXt presentation (or context a ConTeXt document and latex a LaTeX presentation). However, the commands used by both are very different. Can someone describe some definations definitions in context ConTeXt that implement the core functionality of latex LaTeX commands like \section et al, \textbf et al, \bfseries et al and \begin \end pairs?{{Howto}} ''<code>\section</code> works the same way as in LaTeX, for mathematics take a look into [[LaTeX Math in ConTeXt]], use <code>\bf</code> instead of <code>\textbf</code> for both LaTeX and ConTeXt (or <code>\def\textbf#1{{\bf #1}}</code>) and as a general rule: use as many plain TeX macros as possible instead of LaTeX-specific macros. <code>\begin ... \end</code> only works for math as far as I know. See also other documents listed above or ask on the mailing list.''
''<code>\section</code> works the same way as in LaTeX, for mathematics take a look into [[LaTeX Math in ConTeXt]], use <code>\bf</code> instead of <code>\textbf</code> for both LaTeX and ConTeXt (or <code><nowiki>\def\textbf#1{{\bf #1}}</nowiki></code>) and as a general rule: use as many plain TeX macros as possible instead of LaTeX-specific macros. <code>\begin ... \end</code> only works for math as far as I know. See also other documents listed above or ask on the mailing list.''
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