Tools

Core tools

Mark IV

an introduction

mtxrun script

the helper script for all sorts of ConTeXt-related things, from individual runs to managing the installation tree

context script

it has two main uses: (1) compiling ConTeXt MkIV documents, and (2) recompiling the ConTeXt core format after you change one of the source files.

Visual Debugging

show the nasty details of your code, to understand and tweak ConTeXt typesetting.

Additional tools

Modules

LaTeX users call them "packages", DTP users "plug-ins"

PDF format output

ConTeXt can define the set of PDF Boxes defined by the PDF standard. It can create PDF/A and PDF/X (ISO standard) compliant outputs.

From LaTeX to ConTeXt

Particular tricks that are useful for moving from LaTeX to ConTeXt.

Posting on arxiv.org

How to submit ConTeXt documents to [1], the worldwide, heavily used physics (and now mathematics and computer science) open-access preprint server.

Sharing graphics

Export MetaPost drawings as PDF, import MetaPost drawings into MS Office, LibreOffice, etc.

Write to an external document

during ConTeXt processing (like LaTeX Filecontents environnement ?).

Running ConTeXt without a shell

to generate documents via web services, or use a scheduled batch process.

Schell scripts

while context and mtxrun already automate a lot, bash scripts can help.

starttexdefinition

The starttexdefinition uses the start…stop syntax to define new control sequences.

Purge auxiliary files (2013).

Older informations

• Version Control: Getting version control specific information in ConTeXt (20012).
• HTML and ConTeXt: Collaborative HTML document preparation using Wiki and its conversion to ConTeXt using Ruby (2007).
• Word-to-LaTeX/ConTeXt script (2007).
• Run in parallel (2008).
• A Simple Spellchecker embedded (2012).