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The aim of this glossary is to make Glossary provides the quick orientation in the ConTeXt language easier. Any user is Linked terms will take you around this glossary. External links are added to the most appropriate term. For command description use [http://texshow.contextgarden.net texshow]. Users are welcome to add terms and its definitions.
=== item template ===
: Template for the item in the glossary.
: Definitions can link to commands in [http://texshow.contextgarden.net texshow] (eg. [[{{cmd:clonefield|\clonefield]]}}) and pages in [http://contextgarden.net contextgarden] (eg. [[Table]]).: ''Also usedSee:'' [[#simple item template|simple item template]]: ''See also:'' [[#simple item template|simple item template]], : ''See in wiki:'' [[Glossary]]
=== simple item template ===
: ?
: ''Also usedSee:'' [[#item template|item template]]: ''See also:'' [[#item template|item template]], : ''See in wiki:'' [[Glossary]]
==A==
=== Aleph ===
:
: ''See:'' [[#engine|engine]]
: ''See also:'' [[#TeX|TeX]], [[#eTeX|eTeX]], [[#pdfTeX|pdfTeX]], [[#XeTeX|XeTeX]], [[#LuaTeX|LuaTeX]]
: ''See in wiki:''
==B==
==C==
 
=== ConTeXt ===
: ConTeXt is a macro package. Its macros can work with several TeX [[#engine|engines]].
: ''See:'' [[#macro package|macro package]]
: ''See also:'' [[#plainTeX|plainTeX]], [[#LaTeX|LaTeX]]
 
=== command ===
: <code>\command{the command works with its parameter(s)}</code>
: ''See also:'' [[#switch|switch]], : ''See in wiki:'' [[Command Syntax]]
==D==
=== distribution ===
: ?
: ''See also:'' [[#item template|item template]]
: ''See in wiki:'' [[Glossary]]
==E==
=== engine ===
: Computer program.
: ''Also used:'' [[#processor|processor]]
: ''See also:'' [[#TeX|TeX]], [[#eTeX|eTeX]], [[#Aleph|Aleph]], [[#pdfTeX|pdfTeX]], [[#XeTeX|XeTeX]], [[#LuaTeX|LuaTeX]]
 
=== eTeX ===
: Extended TeX, an extension to original [[#TeX|TeX]] typesetting system.
: ''See:'' [[#engine|engine]]
: ''See also:'' [[#TeX|TeX]], [[#Aleph|Aleph]], [[#pdfTeX|pdfTeX]], [[#XeTeX|XeTeX]], [[#LuaTeX|LuaTeX]]
==F==
=== field ===
: ?
: ''Also usedSee:'' [[#item template|item template]]: ''See also:'' [[#item template|item template]], : ''See in wiki:'' [[Glossary]]
==L==
=== LaTeX ===
: LaTeX is a [[#macro package|macro package]].
: ''See also:'' [[#plainTeX|plainTeX]], [[#ConTeXt|ConTeXt]]
 
=== layer ===
: Layers are ConTeXt's mechanism for absolute positioning of elements and other advanced techniques like switching elements on and off.
: ''See in wiki:'' [[Layers]]
 
=== LuaTeX ===
:
: ''See:'' [[#engine|engine]]
: ''See also:'' [[#TeX|TeX]], [[#eTeX|eTeX]], [[#Aleph|Aleph]], [[#pdfTeX|pdfTeX]], [[#XeTeX|XeTeX]]
: ''See in wiki:'' [[LuaTeX]]
==M==
=== macro package ===
: A large set of macros bulit on top of primitive commands provided by a [[#TeX|TeX]] typesetting system or its successors. Do not confuse these macro packages with [[#TeX|TeX]] and its variants ([[#engine|engines]]), which are computer programs.
: ''See:'' [[#plainTeX|plainTeX]], [[#LaTeX|LaTeX]], [[#ConTeX|ConTeX]]
 
=== mark version ===
: ConTeXt versioning system unvisible to the users (user interface is the same), distinguishing the developement of ConTeXt low level interface and the use of different TeX [[#engine|engines]]. Most of the source files are the same for all versions, but some of them (fonts, encodings, file handling) may be different and they come with different suffixes (<code>somefile.mkii</code>, <code>somefile.mkiv</code>). Read more on internal versioning in [[manual:mk.pdf| ConTeXt, mkii & mkiv]].
: ''Also used:'' [[#mk version|mk version]]
: ''See:'' [[#mki|mki]], [[#mkii|mkii]], [[#mkiii|mkiii]], [[#mkiv|mkiv]]
 
=== mk version ===
: ''See: [[#mark version| mark version]]''
 
=== mki ===
: '''ConTeXt Mark I.''' Original ConTeXt with Dutch low level interface.
: ''See:'' [[#mark version|mark version]]
: ''See also:'' [[#mkii|mkii]], [[#mkiii|mkiii]], [[#mkiv|mkiv]]
 
=== mkii ===
: '''ConTeXt Mark II.''' ConTeXt with English low level interface, suitable for good old [[#TeX|TeX]] ([[#eTeX|eTeX]], [[#pdfTeX|pdfTeX]], [[#Aleph|Aleph]]).
: ''See:'' [[#mark version|mark version]]
: ''See also:'' [[#mki|mki]], [[#mkiii|mkiii]], [[#mkiv|mkiv]]
 
=== mkiii ===
: '''ConTeXt Mark III.''' Reserved for future use for files supporting [[#XeTeX|XeTeX]].
: ''See:'' [[#mark version|mark version]]
: ''See also:'' [[#mki|mki]], [[#mkii|mkii]], [[#mkiv|mkiv]]
 
=== mkiv ===
: '''ConTeXt Mark IV.''' Next generation of ConTeXt. Code optimized for use with [[#LuaTeX|LuaTeX]].
: ''See:'' [[#mark version|mark version]]
: ''See also:'' [[#mki|mki]], [[#mkii|mkii]], [[#mkiii|mkiii]]
: ''See in wiki:'' [[Mark_IV]]
 
=== module ===
: Like ''packages'' in LaTeX modules are sets of macros which add extra funcionality to ConTeXt (letterines, musical notation with Lilypond, graphs with Gnuplot, support for commercial fonts, etc.). You can download them from the [http://modules.contextgarden.net module repostiory].
: ''See in wiki:'' [[Modules]]
==N==
=== natural table ===
: ?
: ''Also usedSee in wiki:'' [[#item template|item templateTables Overview]]: ''See also:'' , [[Tables OverviewTABLE]]
==O==
=== overlay ===
: ?
: ''Also usedSee:'' [[#item template|item template]]: ''See also:'' [[#item template|item template]], : ''See in wiki:'' [[Glossary]]
==P==
=== pdfTeX ===
:
: ''See:'' [[#engine|engine]]
: ''See also:'' [[#TeX|TeX]], [[#eTeX|eTeX]], [[#Aleph|Aleph]], [[#XeTeX|XeTeX]], [[#LuaTeX|LuaTeX]]
 
=== plainTeX ===
: plainTeX is a [[#macro package|macro package]] written by Donald E. Knuth, build on primitive commands of [[#TeX|TeX]] typesetting system.
: ''See also:'' [[#LaTeX|LaTeX]], [[#ConTeXt|ConTeXt]]
 
=== processor ===
: ''See:'' [[#engine|engine]]
==Q==
=== switch ===
: <code>{\switch the switch influences everything in its group}</code>
: ''See also:'' [[#command|command]], : ''See in wiki:'' [[Command Syntax]]
==T==
=== TeX ===
: TeX is a typesetting system (computer program) written by Donald E. Knuth. Its developement is frozen, but it has many successors, which add new functionality to TeX and are distributed under different names ([[#eTeX|eTeX]], [[#Aleph|Aleph]], [[#pdfTeX|pdfTeX]], [[#XeTeX|XeTeX]], [[#LuaTeX|LuaTeX]]). These different systems are also called [[#engine|engines]]. Do not confuse them with [[#macro package|macro packages]], which also bring the name of TeX.
: ''See also:'' [[#eTeX|eTeX]], [[#Aleph|Aleph]], [[#pdfTeX|pdfTeX]], [[#XeTeX|XeTeX]], [[#LuaTeX|LuaTeX]]
==U==
==V==
=== version ===
: Due to rapid ConTeXt development its versions are marked with date & time stamp. You can print the actual version in the document with {{cmd|contextversion}}, or you can check version more thoroughly on commandline with <code>texmfstart texexec --check</code>.
 
: Developers sometimes speak about [[#mark version|mark version]]. It is related to different TeX [[#engine|engines]] and regular user should be aware only of date & time stamp.
 
<context source="no" text="The actual version of ConTeXt running on contextgarden is:">
\contextversion
</context>
==W==
==X==
 
=== XeTeX ===
:
: ''See:'' [[#engine|engine]]
: ''See also:'' [[#TeX|TeX]], [[#eTeX|eTeX]], [[#Aleph|Aleph]], [[#pdfTeX|pdfTeX]], [[#LuaTeX|LuaTeX]]
: ''See in wiki:'' [[XeTeX]]
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