On Jun 24, 2006, at 8:46 AM, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
I have figured out how to download the t-amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same folder as my document files. But how do I install it permanently so that I can invoke it in all my documents?
I don't know TeXShop or MacOS but I'm also using teTeX (but on Linux). t-amsl.tex is already in the distribution of ConTeXt that comes with teTeX...
You are correct -- it took a bit of finding on the Mac but it is indeed there. That fixes problem #2. Thanks!!
I am new to ConTexT and TeX (thinking about migrating from InDesign).
Is that for a new edition of _Six Ideas That Shaped Physics_ (an excellent series)?
Thank you for your kind words -- yes, I am thinking about the next edition, but also for a book on General Relativity that I am working on and for future projects.
What makes you consider migrating? I haven't used InDesign but I imagine that flowing text around or near figures might be easier with a page-layout program like InDesign (but I'm still learning ConTeXt and as a general rule one can do anything in ConTeXt with enough magic!). On the other hand, math typesetting might be easier and higher-quality in TeX/ConTeXt.
The Six Ideas texts (first edition) were typeset as AppleWorks drawings, if you can believe it. To go to the third edition, I have to migrate to something more modern -- either InDesign or something TeX-based. Problems with figure and equation references, indexing issues, and inconsistent styles were driving me crazy with AppleWorks, and many of these problems would persist in InDesign. I have also been having difficulty setting up mathematics in a satisfactory way. On the other hand, I am a very visual thinker, and I don't remember commands well, so even ConTexT (which seems a lot simpler than LaTeX) is a big stretch for me. We will see...
Best of luck!
Thanks, I will need it! Tom