[NTG-context] inmarge figures and references

[Jörg Hagmann]

Thank you, the problems have been solved and everything is now working 
on all three systems. I don't know why the figure-reference problem 
also disappeared after changing from \inmarge to \inmargin, but I will 
not try to find out ...

When looking at the threads in this user group and also sometimes at 
the answers to my questions, I realise that I should know something 
about the structure of the system behind ConTeXt. Therefore this 
general question: at the beginning of the context manual, 3 books on 
TeX are being recommended. But we are also assured that we don't need 
them for using ConTeXt (unless we want to program). Would the 
beginner's book help in understanding the structure of the whole 
system? Or is it all about how to write in TeX instead of ConTeXt, and 
therefore a waste of time (for me, at least)?


On May 9, 2005, at 4:11 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

>
>
> Jörg Hagmann wrote:
>> Hi Taco,
>>>> 1. \inmarge figures can't be handled. Instead they appear in the 
>>>> text. This is an example from the log file:
>>>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>>>> l.35 \inmarge
>>>>              {\externalfigure[8pyruvate_lab]}
>>>
>>>
>>> The command is called \inmargin (at least in the english interface).
>> I was following the manual ("Context - an excursion") where \inmarge 
>> is used with marginal figures. I thought that was the command to use, 
>> and it works on my computer here.
>> I am using \inmargin with text; does what you are saying mean the two 
>> commands do the same?
>
> \inmarge is dutch for \inmargin, and it should have been replaced in
> the 'excursion" when ConTeXt switched to low-level english commands
> last year. So yes, they are the same, but if you are not using the
> dutch interface explicitly, then \inmarge will only work in old
> ConTeXt-s.