Wed, 05 Dec 2007

I'm a ConVeRt

I recently wrote an article on data integrity for an enterprise magazine. For almost two decades I have been using LaTeX for my "word processing" needs. However, this time I needed a bit more control over the layout.

I know most of the quirks in LaTeX by now. But it's somewhat frustrating that the project seems to have stalled. So I decided to check out ConTeXt which positions itself somewhere between raw TeX and LaTeX.

ConTeXt turned out to be quite a bit heavier to deal with in terms of document setup and design. But in the end I saved a ton of time that I would have otherwise spent working around LaTeX' deficiencies in multi-column handling and floats. And flow charts were a breeze.

So, yes. I'm a ConVeRt!

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