From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarmo Hurri Subject: Exporting book handouts Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 18:54:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87k3gp4ea7.fsf@syk.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36025) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vd0wX-0007Cb-6R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:54:36 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vd0wP-0008HL-SZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:54:29 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:60800) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vd0wP-0008HH-Ld for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:54:21 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vd0wN-0004WJ-Gn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:54:19 +0100 Received: from cs78160219.pp.htv.fi ([62.78.160.219]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:54:19 +0100 Received: from jarmo.hurri by cs78160219.pp.htv.fi with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:54:19 +0100 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 Greetings. I have been writing a math book, and am still exploring the possibility of using org for the task. Currently all my material is still in plain LaTeX. The tools used are LaTeX, Asymptote, and R. We all know many advantages that the use of org would bring. ;-) For me, one of the possible benefits would be the use of org to export in different formats: a PDF containing the whole book, an HTML site with the same contents, and last, but not least, a set of Beamer handout slides containing _only some parts_ of the material. I am using the material to teach, and sometimes give handouts to students. Having to create the handouts separately is boring and counterproductive. Usually handouts contain relatively little information. There is a title, often accompanied by a figure, and perhaps a sentence or two with some equations. Typically at least parts of the equations are the same as in the main text (we may derive the final results in class). The figures in the book and handouts contain the same information, but the handout figures may have e.g. larger fonts. The title of a handout may be a part of the book text, or it may not. I guess the things I would need include the following. 1. A way to denote that a certain element (figure, equation, part of a longer equation, a piece of text etc.) goes into the Beamer export. By default, material should _not_ be included in the Beamer export. I don't know how to achieve this. I did find SELECT_TAGS in the manual, so if I were to export entire subtrees into Beamer, maybe I could change the value of this when I am doing a Beamer export. But could I use this for individual elements, such as an equation or a figure? 2. A way to add some material into the Beamer handouts, material that is not in the book. I think this is easy to achieve with #+BEAMER and #+BEGIN_BEAMER ... #+END_BEAMER. 3. A way to change some values in Asymptote and R Babel blocks depending on whether I am exporting a Beamer or regular PDF / HTML. I don't know yet how to achieve this. I am still in an explorative stage, so I am sure I will come up with 10^6 other questions when I need to face the details. But I would first like to clear these general issues before I even try to proceed. All the best, Jarmo