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* The Wiki's ConTeXt installation is on version `ConTeXt 2024.01.08 11:23 LMTX`.
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We have a [[Wiki suggestion box]] for wiki improvement proposals.
* A '''[https://github.com/contextgarden/not-so-short-introduction-to-context Not so Short introduction to ConTeXt]''' is available in Czech, English, French, Russian, Serbian and Spanish (state: 2022).
 
* Other introductions in '''[https://ctan.org/pkg/context-notes-zh-cn Chinese]''' and '''[https://github.com/AKielhorn/Context-Intro German]'''.
 
* The '''[http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2024 18th ConTeXt meeting]''' will take place in Lutten, The Netherlands, on August 17th–23th, 2024.
 
* The '''[http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2023 17th ConTeXt meeting]''' took place in Sibřina, Czech Republic, on September 10th–16th, 2023.
 
* Regular '''[https://fosstodon.org/@context ConTeXt news on Mastodon]''' since 2022.
 
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== Get Started ==
 
* '''[[Installation |Install ConTeXt]]''' and [[First Document|start typesetting]].
 
* '''[[Documentation|Access the Manuals]]'''.
 
* '''[http://live.contextgarden.net Try ConTeXt online]''' (redirects to C-O-W)
 
* Get support from vibrant '''[[Mailing_Lists|Mailing Lists]]'''.
 
* Enjoy your journey in the garden.
 
* We have a [[Wiki suggestion box]] for wiki improvement proposals.
 
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== '''[[Tutorials| Installation and tutorials]]''' ==
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* guide the reader, step by step, to learn certain points considered fundamental by experienced people.
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* useful when users are studying how to use ConTeXt.
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* '''learning'''-oriented.
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== '''[[How-to guides]]''' ==
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* useful when users are working with ConTeXt.
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Tools, documentation, examples and tips related to ConTeXt.
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== '''[[Documentation | Explanation and manuals]]''' ==
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* '''understanding'''-oriented
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== '''[https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Commands Reference]''' ==
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* '''information'''-oriented
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== News ==
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* New introductions in '''[https://ctan.org/pkg/context-notes-zh-cn Chinese]''' and '''[https://github.com/AKielhorn/Context-Intro German]'''.
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* The '''[http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2024 18th ConTeXt meeting]''' will take place in Lutten, The Netherlands, on August 17th–23th, 2024.
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* The '''[http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2023 17th ConTeXt meeting]''' took place in Sibřina, Czech Republic, on September 10th–16th, 2023.
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* '''[https://fosstodon.org/@context ConTeXt news on Mastodon]''', since 2022.
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* '''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program 28th BachoTeX in 2023]''', organized by GUST, the Polish TeX Users' Group, with the following content about ConTeXt and LuaMetaTeX
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** Willi Egger: ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-18 Calendars, the PocketDiary module and further applications of it]'', ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-22 Workshop: Make a picture-frame]''.
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** Hans Hagen: ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-34 Janusz' handsome math fonts]'', ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-37 How green is (and can we make) TeX]'', ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-40 LuaMetaTeX in ConTeXt]''.
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** Zdeněk Svoboda: ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-43 ConTeXt on Web – New Online Application for ConTeXt Users]''.
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** Arthur Rosendahl: ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-61 ConTeXt for Weddings]''.
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** Edith Sundqvist: ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-78 The European Rule Of Thumbs Contest 2023]''.
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** Mikael Sundqvist: ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-83 ConTeXt - Step by step workshop for setting up a ConTeXt document layout similar to books by Edward Tufte]'' and ''[https://github.com/mpsmath/stepbystep sources]''.
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** Damien Thiriet: ''[https://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2023-en/program#section-86 Crossword exercise sheet with ConTeXt]''.
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* The Wiki's ConTeXt installation is on version `ConTeXt 2024.01.08 11:23 LMTX`.

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The ConTeXt community builds, explores and shares. Tutorials, how-to guides, references, and discussions related to ConTeXt.

We have a Wiki suggestion box for wiki improvement proposals.


Installation and tutorials

  • guide the reader, step by step, to learn certain points considered fundamental by experienced people.
  • useful when users are studying how to use ConTeXt.
  • learning-oriented.

How-to guides

  • answering questions that reader with some experience would have.
  • useful when users are working with ConTeXt.
  • problem and goal-oriented.

Explanation and manuals

  • explanations for clarifying a particular topic
  • useful when users are studying how to use ConTeXt
  • understanding-oriented

Reference

  • technical descriptions which do not attempt to explain concepts or achieve tasks
  • useful when users are working with ConTeXt
  • information-oriented

News