From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: Beamer export: How to handle overlayarea Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:53:52 +0200 Message-ID: <20131024105352.GL1769@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <87eh7f3pb8.fsf@gmail.com> <87bo2fudnn.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37385) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZIYA-0007xv-OE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:53:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZIY9-0002gS-Rm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:53:58 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::229]:53996) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZIY9-0002gI-Kw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:53:57 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f41.google.com with SMTP id d49so1029499eek.14 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 03:53:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kuru.dyndns-at-home.com ([2001:610:120:3001:f2de:f1ff:fe37:c76c]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id e13sm2879953eeu.4.2013.10.24.03.53.55 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 24 Oct 2013 03:53:55 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi James, On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 08:43:59AM +0800, James Harkins wrote: > On Oct 24, 2013 12:58 AM, "Nicolas Goaziou" wrote: > > Headlines also support 'BEAMER_ACT' and 'BEAMER_OPT' properties. The > > former is translated as an overlay/action specification, or a default > > overlay specification when enclosed within square brackets. The latter > > specifies options for the current frame or block, and will automatically > > be enclosed within square brackets. > > That would help. > > I'd still like to see something more like a "for-dummies" explanation of > passing options and arguments to LaTeX entities. I'm not saying the > documentation is woefully inadequate (hardly that -- Suvayu's page got me > rather far, and I got stuck on a couple of details). My experience was: it > never would have occurred to me on my own to use the headline text for > LaTeX code, and if there was a hint anywhere in the docs to suggest that > this would be the way to go, I didn't find it. That's a conceptual leap > that passed me by. I think I agree with you on this. It is a conceptual leap. I'll add a TODO item on that Worg page about these kind of tricks. Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.