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News
- The 19th ConTeXt meeting will take place at the holiday site KREFTA in Chmielno (near Gdańsk), Poland, on August 23th–29th, 2025.
- The 18th ConTeXt meeting took place in Lutten, The Netherlands, on August 17th–23th, 2024.
- The Wiki’s ConTeXt installation is on version
ConTeXt 2024.01.08 11:23 LMTX
. - The extensive manual Mathematics in ConTeXt screen and paper is included in the distribution since 2024-07.
- Introductions available : A Not so Short introduction to ConTeXt in Czech, English, French, Russian, Serbian and Spanish (state: 2022), Chinese introduction, German introduction.
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Mastering ConTeXt in 12 topics
Input and compilation
Document layout and layers
Color
Document structure and headlines
Characters words and fonts
Text blocks
References notes and floats
Tables
Graphics and media
Mathematics
Chemistry
ConTeXt and Lua programming
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- Input and compilation >>> get started <<<
- Cover the installation of ConTeXt, the structure of input files and the compilation process, but also language aspects, text edition, ConTeXt's syntax.
- Document layout and layers
- Teach how to control the overall structure and appearance of the document.
- Color
- Enhance the document’s visual appeal using color.
- Document structure and headlines
- Explain how to structure the document using sections, headlines, and divisions.
- Characters words and fonts
- Explore typographic customization for characters and words.
- References notes and floats
- Manage links, cross-references, index, registers, citations, bibliography, annotations, attachments, floats and their caption.
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- Text blocks
- Teach block-level formatting
- typography: like Spacing, Alignment, Indentation, Delimiters and breaks
- environments: like Lists of items, Descriptions, Enumerations, Narrower, Frames, Quotes, Columns, Typing, Verse, Text background, …
- Graphics and media
- Add and format visual elements.
- Tables
- Master table creation and styling.
- Mathematics
- Specialize in typesetting technical content.
- Chemistry
- Specialize in typesetting technical content.
- ConTeXt and Lua programming
- Explore advanced scripting and customization, modules and ConTeXt development.