Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de> writes:

> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 12:26:07 +0200
> Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> wrote:
>
>> Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de> writes:
>> 
>> > On Mon, 30 May 2016 13:53:52 +0200
>> > Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> wrote:
>> >  
>> >> Hi,
>> >> 
>> >> Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de> writes:
>> >>   
>> >> >> #+options: title:nil    
>> >> >
>> >> > Sorry, can't make it work.    
>> >> >> #+subtitle:    
>> >> >
>> >> > Neither that works for me    
>> >> 
>> >> Are you sure you are using an up-to-date version of Org?
>> >> M-x org-version should return 8.3.something.  
>> >
>> > Ah, you were right. I used the builtin org version.
>> >
>> > It works now, however, when I set the title:nil is does not produce
>> > a title page at all.
>> >
>> > #+BEGIN_LATEX
>> > \maketitle
>> > #+END_LATEX  
>> 
>> Or:
>> 
>> @@latex:\maketitle@@.
>> 
>> What exactly are you missing from the standard title page support of
>> Org?
>
> Nothing really, but when I use title:t, org mode sets a
> \title{presentation} in the tex file which overwrites my own title. If
> I set title:nil, it sets \title{} still overwriting my own title.
>
>> > inserts a title page, but after the table of contents.
>> >
>> > Any way to work around that?  
>> 
>> Yes, the #+TOC keyword combined with the option toc:nil.
>
> Ah, ok, I think I got using these settings now:
>
> #+startup: beamer
> #+LATEX_CLASS: beamer
>
> #+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [presentation]
> #+BEAMER_THEME: Boadilla
>
> #+OPTIONS: H:2 num:t title:nil toc:nil
>
> #+BEGIN_LATEX
> \author[me]{me and the coauthors}
> \title[short title]{long title \\ next line}
> \subtitle{subtitle}
> \institute[short institute]{long institute}
> \maketitle
> #+END_LATEX

I see.

Re the beamer manual 10.1, we could add the following keywords,
#+short_title, #+short_subtitle, #+short_date , #+institute and
#+short_institute.

Maybe we can have a titlegraphics like,

#+attr_beamer: :titlegraphics t
[[file:link.pdf]]

I've attached some rough patches that does this.  Maybe you can test them?

Rasmus

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