From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Spiers Subject: Re: Beamer support in Org-mode Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:06:07 +0000 Message-ID: <20091218110607.GE5666@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> References: <6A790953-D036-4BAE-8833-E5B343A15331@gmail.com> <23189.1259253052@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> <8F9C582F-F254-4FF7-A22B-E3D90081D380@gmail.com> <4b0ec920.0407c00a.1a73.1d20@mx.google.com> <87eimwb5he.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <6ac505ad0912151107i5944cc89ma18cfed98712d7f6@mail.gmail.com> <4b27e848.e302be0a.7924.08ae@mx.google.com> Reply-To: Adam Spiers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NLafG-0000GH-ID for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:06:30 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NLafB-0000EH-IU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:06:29 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55546 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NLafB-0000E5-Ap for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:06:25 -0500 Received: from vpn.id2.novell.com ([195.33.99.129]:37533 helo=gwia-smtp.id2.novell.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NLafA-0004de-Uk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:06:25 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4b27e848.e302be0a.7924.08ae@mx.google.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 04:49:23PM -0300, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira wrote: > In addition, while I also agree that footnotes shouldn't be in a presentation > they are allowed when working with beamer and may be useful in some cases. If > org-mode export footnotes as beamer notes then some months from now someone > would be asking here in the mailing-list how to enter a standard footnote when > exporting to beamer. I agree - unfortunately there are genuinely sensible uses of footnotes in presentations. For example, citation of sources for quotations, data etc. is ideally accomplished by footnotes: they are not used during the presentation itself, but by distributing paper and/or electronic copies after the talk, footnotes provide essential reference data for perusal by the audience at a later date. Imagine a slide showing the results of a benchmark, claiming "X is much faster than Y!" You might want to talk briefly about how the results were obtained, and about the impact of the results, but you would also need to be able to tell the audience they could independently verify the results by obtaining a copy of the slides and visiting the URL contained in the footnote - especially if the results are controversial! In this case, it would not matter that the URL was too small to be legible from the back of the room.