From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Beamer support in Org-mode Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:19:52 +0100 Message-ID: <1D2CB876-909B-4E81-932B-F3D4D1DDC514@gmail.com> References: <6A790953-D036-4BAE-8833-E5B343A15331@gmail.com> <4B12B788.2000303@iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NEqFX-0000Qt-SN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:20:03 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NEqFT-0000LL-35 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:20:03 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41328 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NEqFS-0000Kz-R3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:19:58 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f215.google.com ([209.85.219.215]:59701) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NEqFS-0001Ye-C4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:19:58 -0500 Received: by ewy7 with SMTP id 7so3698530ewy.8 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:19:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B12B788.2000303@iastate.edu> 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: Gray Calhoun Cc: mailing-list-org-mode list Hi Gray, thanks for chiming in, this was a very important piece of the puzzle. I had already realized that I should give up having fixed levels for columns, but I had still panned fixed levels for frames. Now after your post I realize that this can be useful, but is not required, which means it should be optional. Thanks! - Carsten On Nov 29, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Gray Calhoun wrote: > Hi Carsten and all, > > Beamer export sounds fantastic. I've been using org mode for this > sort of thing a lot over the last year--all of my lecture notes are > typed up as an org file, and I used org mode to draft slides for a > presentation over the summer, so an automated process would be > helpful. > > But, I'm not sure that it makes sense to hardcode the frames as a > level 2 headline (or any level headline); I find it easier to define > a slide to be any headline that has no subheadings, regardless of > its depth---the ability to outline the structure of a presentation > as appropriate and then fill in the details (ie the slides) later is > (imho) the reason to use org-mode for this sort of task in the first > place. Columns, etc., could then be handled by using properties of > the last headline, or as a special list. > > This approach might also make it easier to export the same file to > other formats (i.e. the existing html format). I imagine that this > would be a little harder to program, though, and is just my two cents. > > --Gray > > Carsten Dominik wrote: > (snipped) >> 1.2 Frames >> =========== >> Level 2 headline (or the level configured in >> org-beamer-frame-level) become frames. The headline text become >> the frame title, but if no headline text is given, the frame gets >> no title. If the frame title contains the string "\\", the line >> will be split at that location, and the second half become the >> frame /subtitle/. > (snipped) > > -- > Gray Calhoun > > Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University > http://www.econ.iastate.edu/~gcalhoun/ > > 467 Heady Hall > Ames, IA 50011 > Phone: (515) 294-6271 > Fax: (515) 294-0221 - Carsten