From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Davison Subject: Re: Beamer support in Org-mode Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:40:39 -0500 Message-ID: <87ws1d5dug.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> References: <6A790953-D036-4BAE-8833-E5B343A15331@gmail.com> <3AD95A40-BD6C-4ADD-B636-1FBFB55A71F3@tsdye.com> 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 1NDjGt-0001Jn-Sb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:40:51 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDjGo-0001Bk-Gw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:40:51 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55269 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDjGo-0001B9-8W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:40:46 -0500 Received: from markov.stats.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.210.1]:47091) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDjGn-00060X-Sl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:40:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <3AD95A40-BD6C-4ADD-B636-1FBFB55A71F3@tsdye.com> (Thomas S. Dye's message of "Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:04:00 -1000") 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: "Thomas S. Dye" Cc: mailing-list-org-mode list , Carsten Dominik <...> > On Nov 26, 2009, at 1:17 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > <...> >> NOW is the time to chime in. I don't know if this is helpful from someone who hasn't thought through the details of beamer support but just in case: is there any chance that we should be thinking at this stage of a generic org-presentation API which would initially support just beamer but which would leave open the possibility for others to implement other slide presentation engines? For example I remember that someone once brought up the possibility on this list of exporting org to OpenOffice presentation format. And it's possible to create something like a slide-show in HTML/CSS -- although I never see anyone doing it. There are at least some things in common between different slide-show engines, such as where to break from slide to slide, slide titles, non-slide notes, etc. Also, I do agree with others that to the extent possible we want presentations to emerge naturally out of 'normal' org-files with the help of established org mechanisms such as selective subtree export. E.g. using the heading title to set the column width feels wrong; the natural reaction is to think that that sort of metadata should be in a property. Dan