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''Looks similar, but{| 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:"Command arguments are enclosed in curly braces <pre> \documentclass[BCOR=12mm,DIV=calc,twoside]{ and 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 forprocessing them internally relies on two differentexcept for mechanisms. Therefore, setups like {{cmd|itemize}} usuallyallow two sets of optional arguments, which are enclosed in squarebrackets [ and http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/75276].", thecomma list preceding the assignment:
'''ConTeXt''':<texcode>"A command is often followed by setups or by text. Setupsare placed between brackets ([]). The scope or range ofthe command, the text acted upon, is placed betweencurly brackets ({})."\starttext
In other words\startitemize [R,2*broad][ start=11, before=\startlinecorrection, after=\stoplinecorrection,] \item Foo, \item bar, \item baz.\stopitemize
* arguments \stoptext</texcode> The ConTeXt interface definitions(collected by Wolfgang in {} pairs are typeset materialthe [https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/commands/overview macro reference])* arguments in use a special notation to indicate whether an argumentexpects assignment or list syntax:<pre>\defineframedtext [...] [...] [..,.=.,..]</pre>where <code>[...] are setup instructions </code> stands for the <em>list</em> type and metadata<code>[..,.=.,..]</code> denotates an <em>assignment</em>.
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 ==* [[Latex PackagesCategory:From LaTeX]]
Text replacement - "</cmd>" to "}}"
General hints for converting from LaTeX to Context can be found in
* [http://www.berenddeboer.net/tex/LaTeX2ConTeXt.pdf LaTeX in proper ConTeXt] 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 ===
* So-called (by plain TeX and LaTeX) [[French spacing]]
=== Command syntax Idiomatic Differences Between ConTeXt and LaTeX ======= Brackets and Braces ====
=== Programming ===
* [[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><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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== Functionality of Latex Packages in Context ==
* [[Latex Packages]]
