Re: Beamer export questions/suggestions

From: Chris Malone <chris.m.malone@gmail.com>
To: Derek Thomas <derekcthomas@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Beamer export questions/suggestions
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:54:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikAmbmue_8FTCnD63ua7v9EAq3iDX5b0ABFU_ra@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Hi Derek,

Re your first question:

One simple, albeit somewhat hackish way of achieving this would be to
utilize =org-mode='s #+begin_beamer ... #+end_beamer syntax with =beamer='s
frame option =plain=   For example:

======================================================================
# setup the themes I want to use for the overall look of the beamer talk
#+BEAMER_HEADER_EXTRA:
\usetheme{Madrid}\usecolortheme{default}

* Testing default
style
  test this is in madrid
format

#+begin_beamer

\end{frame}

\begin{frame}[plain]

  this uses beamer syntax and should be
plain
\end{frame}

#+end_beamer

======================================================================

The =\end{frame}= line is important because =org-mode= doesn't know how/when
to end the previous frame - it either looks for another heading (i.e. a "*")
or it simply adds an =\end{frame}= before the =\end{document}= upon export.

Ideally, it would be nice to be able to add an =ATTR_LATEX: plain= sort of
tag right before a heading to indicate that this particular frame should
have the =plain= beamer style.  I don't think this is currently done, but it
should be fairly straight forward to implement.  If I have time this weekend
to actually learn more than my rudimentary amount of elisp, then I might try
to make a patch for this feature.  Maybe it should be an =ATTR_BEAMER:= line
instead...

HTH,
Chris
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Derek Thomas <derekcthomas@gmail.com>wrote:

> Before I get to my questions, I would like to commend all those
> involved in the development of org-mode.  I'm a new user and I've been
> amazed by the features, utility, and the support/documentation
> provided.
>
> My first question relates to frames in beamer export.  Is it possible
> to set a tag or otherwise indicate that a frame should appear without
> a title, or as an empty frame (no header or footer)?  My second
> question may be more of a suggestion if the feature is not available.
> I currently use the testpos package in latex to position my figures in
> beamer.  Is there a native org method to specify figure location in
> org-beamer?  If not, it could be a nice feature for those preparing
> presentations in org especially if it had the option to specify
> quadrant location and relative size in a simple manner.  Thanks again,
>
> Derek
>
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