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I hope that Hopefully the readers (of which there seem to be a lot; from 0 to over 9000 views in 1.5 years [minus a dozen of my own previews :D]) will get a better understanding of what ConTeXt is, what its advantages and disadvantages are, also compared to other popular software, and how the text/coding editor ''Textadept'' can help you to get the most out of it. ("Because those who try, they should fall in love with ConTeXt as well as I did.")
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-> some TeX and LaTeX trivia and/or comparisons will be added in the future
= Preamble =
(Thanks to especially *''Hans Hagen''* and too many other coders and users to mention right here!)
Note though, that in the end this page is meant to be of personal purpose.
[https://foicica.com/textadept/ Textadept] is a programmable text editor for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows, created and maintained by [https://foicica.com/mitchell/ ''Mitchell'']. It is fully extensible using [https://www.lua.org/ Lua].
= I. Setup Quick setup = == I.C Quick setup ConTeXt ==
=== I.C. Quick setup ( install Step 1: Install / update ) Update ConTeXt ( MS Windows ) ===
Installation and update of ConTeXt work the same way. If you only want to update ConTeXt, you can go to point 1.3.
1.2. Extract the archive to a location of your choice.
* You might want to change the name of the extracted directory to a shorter one as it will be the final location for ConTeXt.
1.3. Install / Update ConTeXt
1.3. Method 1: Write a batch file
** ConTeXt's folder's size should be around 380 - 400 MB when everything worked fine.
From here you can go to I.C Step 2 directly.
1.3. Method 2: Type the command by hand
* Wait until the download / update is complete. Afterwards you can close the command prompt by entering <code>exit</code> and pressing <code>Enter</code>-key or by simply closing the window.
== = I.C Step 2: Add ConTeXt's executables folder to Windows search Path ===
'''Note''': you will need admin rights for this. On public machines for example you most probably won't be able to add ConTeXt to that machine's path. In that case skip this step and go to Step 3 respectively Step 4.1 directly.
* If a message like '''context' is not recognized as an internal or external command...'' appears, you should restart your machine, make sure that you added the correct location of ConTeXt's executables path to Windows' search path or re-try the operation by starting from Step 2.1.
= ConTeXt with = I.T. Step 1: Quick setup Textadept (MS Windows) =(updated 2017/12)=
=== Step 1: Install '''Textadept''' ===
1.1. [https://foicica.com/textadept/download/textadept_LATEST.win32.zip Download] and extract [https://foicica.com/textadept/ '''Textadept'''] to a folder of your choice.
1.2. Use <code>textadept.exe</code> from the extracted folder to start Textadept.
=== Step 2: Tweak '''Textadept''''s settings ===
'''Note''' that almost all changes to Textadept are saved in the file <code>init.lua</code>. There is two of them, of which you should edit only one:
