From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: New exporter, beamer confusion Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:12:53 +0100 Message-ID: <20130206131253.GD2541@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <20130204063905.GA23614@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <87wqun5037.fsf@gmail.com> <6207.1360048864@alphaville> <87fw1ashw5.fsf@gmail.com> <87y5f1lj1l.fsf@pank.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37793) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U34o7-00088H-Gp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:13:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U34o6-0007pB-B0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:12:59 -0500 Received: from mail-wg0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22a]:61629) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U34o6-0007ot-4Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:12:58 -0500 Received: by mail-wg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id 12so5001377wgh.1 for ; Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:12:56 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y5f1lj1l.fsf@pank.eu> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 01:32:22PM +0100, Rasmus wrote: > > I don't know how hard it would be to make the "default" block (of > level 3, say) a list block, but I guess that's ultimately what you > want? Such a behavior shouldn't be the default, IMO, since a headline > is not a list. > Nested headlines being translated to lists was always a misfeature in the old exporter. This was extensibly discussed on the list before Nicolas implemented the current beamer exporter. I do not see any reason to not "fix" old inconsistent behaviour for the sake of backwards compatibility. That said, I think the best way to deal with this is to follow what Nicolas suggested, mark the subtree and then do `C-c -' to convert these headlines into lists. This can be automated to a significant degree by using keyboard macros or custom lisp. A well tested keyboard macro can be easily saved and used as a command. Since the OP says his old beamer presentations number in the hundreds, the way I would approach this is to keep the macro/function handy and convert it if and when these presentations are required. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.