On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:16:27 -0500, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Kind of. I guess my question was this:
> >
> > - If I do a "straight" LaTeX block like this:
> > \begin{exampleblock}{Example}
> > Here is some text
> > \end{exampleblock}
> >
> > I get the title "Example" for the block.
> >
> > - If I do it via org-beamer like this:
> > *** Example block   :B_example:
> >     :PROPERTIES:
> >     :BEAMER_env: example
> >     :END:
> > Here is some text
> >
> > Then I get the block title "Example (Example block)"
>
> Ah, very true.  There is a difference.  This is because org does not
> use =exampleblock=; it uses =example= instead:
>
> :  \begin{example}[The heading for the block]
>

Good catch. I didn't know about that difference! It's easier to use org's
pre-defined stuff, so I think I'll just stick with it myself! It's not a bad
idea to have it called out as an example anyway so perhaps I'll just get
used to it!


>
> This is different to "exampleblock" which you are using.  Which one is
> nicer is obviously a personal choice; I like the current version
> personally!  But I must admit that I did not know about the other one
> (exampleblock).
>
> eric
>

Thanks again!
John


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