Documentation

• • ConTeXt and LuaTeX documentation is quite extensive.
  • Start with Basics
  • Others manuals give insight and details about specifics subjects, about how the things work in ConTeXt and LuaTeX. They are not necessary to use ConTeXt out of the box. They are meant for those beginners who like to understand the foundations, want to explore advanced features, write macros or modify existing features. To save time of developers, please, read them before you start asking questions at the mailing list.
  • Old manuals are at the end of the list, with an "obsolete" banner. They can help you find your way between the different versions of the manuals, and their evolution.
• • Most of the manuals are available in the ConTeXt distribution, and on the mirrors like bitbucket.org, with their sources,
  • An other overview is also available at Pragma-Ade website, with an interactive PDF as the Manuals Gallery,
  • Some printed versions can be purchased from H2O-Books:
    • MetaFun manual - 2010
    • MKII – MKIV, the history of LuaTeX - 2010
    • Layouts in ConTeXt - 2011
    • Fonts in ConTeXt - 2011
  • Henri Menke is also gathering this precious material at The definitive guide to ConTeXt MkIV documentation.

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• TextEditors

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  ConTEXt reference manual 2001 – Complete, but never up-to-date, cleaned-up. (2001)
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  What is ConTeXt? (2011)
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  ConTEXt reference manual 2013 - Complete, but never up-to-date, and not fully cleaned-up. (2013)
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  ConTeXt Mark IV an excursion (2017)
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  ConTeXt commands reference - short syntax reference of all the commands (2020)
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  Fonts out of ConTeXt – Almost everything about Fonts, processing and use (2016)
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  Coloring ConTeXt - Color spaces, profiles, transparency etc., also in MetaPost (2016)
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  Flowcharts (2016)
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  Metafun - For graphics, MetaPost is embedded (2017)
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  Nodes – Diagrams, graphical representations of relations, processes… (2018)
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  Rules – rules bounded to the typeset text (2018)
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  Graphics - integrating graphics in your document (2018)
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  SVG in ConTeXt and metafun xl (2019)
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  Metafun xl or LuaMetaFun (2019)
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  Typographic Programming - TeX thinking, line-breaking, protrusion,… (2004)
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  In the details. Hints: grid typesetting, columns, backgrounds, graphics issues, formula tuning (2015)
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  Column sets (2016)
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  Pages Columns (2017)
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  Spacing in ConTeXt – Line spacing, line correction in grid typesetting (2018)
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  Natural Tables in ConTEXt – Examples (2001)
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  Simple Spreadsheets in ConTeXt MkIV (2016)
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  Extreme Tables in ConTeXt MkIV (2018)
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  Bibliographies the ConTeXt way (2017)
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  PPCHTeX - macros for typesetting chemical structures (2001)
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  PPCHTeX example - Chemical Formulas in ConTeXt (2001)
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  OpenMath in ConTeXt – Examples (2006)
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  MathML (2015)
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  Units - SI units support (2015)
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  MathML in ConTeXt – Examples (2016)
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  Math rendering (2018)
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  Interactivity (2018)
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  Languages in ConTEXt – explaining luatex and mkiv (2016)
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  L2R R2L – a few tips (2019)
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  Modes – Modes are used for conditionnal processing (screen, A4, letter…) (2008)
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  Read Me first (2016)
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  ConTeXt Musing (2018)
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  TeX iT (2018)
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  Tip Trick (mtxrun command) (2018)
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  Workflows support in ConTeXt - MkIV and LuaTeX features for efficiency (2019)
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  Low Level Tex – Boxes (2019)
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  Low Level Tex – Conditionals (2019)
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  Low Level Tex – Expansion (2019)
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  Low Level Tex – Registers (2019)
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  LuaTeX Reference Manual (2020)
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  LuaMetaTeX Reference Manual (2020)
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  Luatools mtxrun for ContTeXt (2020)
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  Figures – ConTeXt XML (2001)
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  MathML – ConTeXt XML (how to invoke mathml, addendum of mathml) (2001)
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  PhysML – ConTeXt XML (2001)
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  ChemML – ConTeXt XML (2001)
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  Directory Trees (2004)
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  Exporting XML and ePub from Context (2015)
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  Dealing with XML in ConTeXt MkIV (2016)
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  XML/Lua templates (2016)
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  Steps – ConTeXt XML (2017)
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  SWIGlib – Basics : use external libraries (2016)
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  Lua - the ConTeXt libraries (2016)
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  ConTeXt Lua Documents (2018)
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  SQL in ConTeXt (2020)
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  Librairies – Basics (2020)
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  ECMA SCRIPT in context lmtx - using the optional mujs library (2020)
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  2- MkIV Hybrid Technology - How LuaTeX combines TeX, MetaPost, Lua and XML (2012)
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  3- About LuaTeX and ConTeXt in 2015 (2015)
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  1- Context MarkII MarkIV - The history of LuaTeX 2006–2009 (2016)
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  4- Still going on (2016)
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  4.5- On and on (2016)
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  5.5- Not Now (2018)
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  5- Following up (current working report) (2019)
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  6- Even More – fun with luametatex and context (2020)
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  Scite in Context MkIV : editor setup (2011)
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  ConTeXt Mark IV an excursion (1999)
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  TexFont explained (2001)
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  Fonts chapter (2005)
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  Fonts in Context (2005)
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  Font Sampler (MkII) (2005)
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  Colors separation (2002)
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  Charts uncovered (1999)
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  Widgets uncovered - Form elements, cross references, JavaScript in PDF (2001)
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  Creating MetaPost outlines (2001)
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  Labels : Adding Text to Graphics (2002)
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  Columns (2003)
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  Correspondence (2003)
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  Correspondence with ConTEXt (2010)
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  ConTeXt rehab for amsmath addicts (2006)
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  Chinese in Context (2001)
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  TeXEXEC explained (2001)
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  How to install Context (2001)
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  TeXUTIL (2001)
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  TeXwork (2001)
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  PRAGMA POD example gui (2002)
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  Weaving PS into PDF (2003)
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  texsync (2003)
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  Hyphenation patterns (2005)
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  Preprocessing Source Files & Manipulating Graphic Resources (2005)
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  TEXMF Start (2006)
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  XML in ConTeXt (MkII) (2001)
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  Just an XML FO engine (2004)
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  Scite in Context : short manual (2006)