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'''ConTeXt''' is a document preparation system based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX TeX] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/typesetting typesetting] program. Being more recent than the other main TeX macro package, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX LaTeX], it is both more modular in its conception and more monolithic in its building. For instance, TeX-based vector graphics are fully integrated into ConTeXt through [[Metafun]], a superset of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaPost MetaPost] graphic programming language (which in turn is derived from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metafont MetaFont] language, another creation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth Donald Knuth]). It also focuses on using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PdfTeX PdfTeX] to generate both paper and on-line screen versions of the same documents. It comes with some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl Perl] utility scripts, like [[TeXutilTeXUtil]] and [[TeXexecTeXExec]].
This system was developed from 1990 by [[Hans Hagen]] from [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/ PRAGMA Advanced Document Engineering] (Pragma ADE), a Netherlands-based company.
{{todo|This should be expanded and somewhat rewritten. Once it is expanded and rewritten, it should probably be ported back to Wikipedia as well, since it's a fairly small article for them.}}

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