* standardizing slideshow outpout, a la pandoc
@ 2015-09-22 20:26 Matt Price
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From: Matt Price @ 2015-09-22 20:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi everyone,
I'm co-teaching a class this term and my co-instructor is a markdown user,
so I am getting to know a little bit about pandoc. One feature I really
love is the unified slideshow export:
http://pandoc.org/demo/example19/Producing-slide-shows-with-Pandoc.html
All the export filters use the same syntax for slide divisions, slide
"builds" (dynamic appearance of slide contents), and sub-slides (reveal.js
creates two-dimensional slideshows), as well as for speaker notes. The use
of standard markdown features also makes the writing process very
convenient.
By contrast, some of these features can be a little confusing in Org, and
moving from one export format to another can take a certain amount of
work. If I want a "build" to work properly in both deck.js and reveal.js,
for instance, I need both a properties drawer and an #+ATTR_HTML line. In
pandoc I need neither.
Does anyone else think it would be worthwhile to standardize some of these
features within org itself -- either by adding new syntax/options, or by
interpreting existing syntax in a uniform way across export filters? The
first option is less invasive, I think, while the second option would be
slightly more convenient going forward (for new users at least). Pandoc
chooses the second option -- new slides are indicated by a horizontal rule,
for instance.
If other people like the idea I would be willing to draw up a more complete
proposal and write some preliminary code for the export back-ends I'm
familiar with. I am unfortunately a slow coder though, so a positive
resolution would still be a ways away.
Looking forward to hearing what you all think.
Thanks!
Matt
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