Re: ConTeXt exporter for Org Mode

[András Simonyi]

Dear Jason,

this is excellent news, thanks for your work! I always wondered why
there is no Org exporter for ConTeXt which seemed such an obvious
target --  can't wait to try it out!

best regards,
András

On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 at 21:44, Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> Jason Ross writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have developed a ConTeXt exporter for Org Mode. It is available at
> > https://github.com/Jason-S-Ross/ox-context
> >
> > The exporter provides custom environments for each document element
> > in an effort to make customization easier, in contrast to the Pandoc
> > exporter which uses built-in environments for document elements.
> >
> > I welcome any feedback.
>
> Congratulations on your excellent work. I am not a daily ConTeXt user, and I'm
> afraid I can't help much. But I think a native exporter to ConTeXt
> could be an important addition to Org. It could be interesting for users
> who want to discover this powerful alternative to LaTeX (within the TeX
> ecosystem), as well as for users who want high-quality pdf output without
> the need for get caught up in the complexity of LaTeX packages, since
> ConTeXt has a more monolithic conception than LaTeX.
>
> Very interesting and promising, in any case.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Juan Manuel
>
>
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