From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: Rationale for *text* -> \alert{text} for Beamer export? Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 17:00:06 +0200 Message-ID: <20130501170006.57df8cf2@aga-netbook> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54413) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UXYW1-0003AM-7e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UXYVw-0003xF-RK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:17 -0400 Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:40560) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UXYVw-0003wk-Fc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:12 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D3042062 for ; Wed, 1 May 2013 17:00:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iPJcSoZEQTsN for ; Wed, 1 May 2013 17:00:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from aga-netbook (jedenzero5-dziewiecosiem.echostar.pl [213.156.105.98]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8B65242061 for ; Wed, 1 May 2013 17:00:08 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: 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 Dnia 2013-05-01, o godz. 09:17:23 John Hendy napisa=C5=82(a): > Greetings, >=20 > Just wondering about the rationale behind using *bold* markup for > \textbf{} in LaTeX export and to \alert{} in Beamer. Was this a > frequently voiced request? I'm sure I can dig into this somewhere and > change it, but if the majority prefers bold (not saying they do!), > should that be the default? >=20 > I'd prefer bold, personally. I don't like red table column titles or > in lists. Just my 2 cents: * In general, you shouldn't use boldface in printed documents (unless you have a good reason. A /very/ good, thought out reason. And usually you haven't one;).). * In presentations, things are indeed quite different. * Keeping that in mind, \alert{...} is /better/ than \textbf{...}, just like \emph{...} is better than \textit{...}: it is semantic, not visual markup. * If you do insist on boldface as "alerting", just say \setbeamerfont{alerted text}{series=3D\bfseries} in your preamble. Keep in mind, however, that this will break things if you use alert<...>{...}. Take this document, for instance: \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} \begin{frame} This is \alert{alerted} text. And this is \alert<2>{alerted} only on the second slide. \end{frame} \end{document} In it, text will "wobble" when changing slides. This is ugly. * So, what you probably want, is to say \setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=3Dred!50!black} in your preamble, so \alert{...} means a color in the midpoint (in RGB linear space) between red and black (you might want to experiment with percentages other than 50% or wholly different colors, of course). > Thanks, > John HTH, --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University