From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: [beamer] frame arguments must be in envargs, not extra Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 16:31:38 +0100 Message-ID: <218E64F6-78B4-4FB2-9B7B-7FDC017C88DA@gmail.com> References: <874omyzset.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <35D64293-EAC0-4FBF-8E8F-BE20F0C6ABB7@gmail.com> <87ljg9ndv6.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> 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 1NTGoW-0004R4-Ii for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:31:48 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTGoS-0004OD-57 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:31:48 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46037 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTGoR-0004OA-U4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:31:43 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f224.google.com ([209.85.219.224]:42552) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTGoR-0001qO-Hx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:31:43 -0500 Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so22916523ewy.26 for ; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:31:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87ljg9ndv6.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> 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: e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk Cc: org-mode mailing list On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > At Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:38:00 +0100, > Carsten Dominik wrote: >> On Jan 7, 2010, at 1:10 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: >>> the documentation for beamer support, >>> >>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-beamer.php >>> >>> under the "Special properties" heading suggests that the >>> BEAMER_extra >>> property can be used to specify options for the environment. >>> For >>> frames, trying for instance "[shrink=30]", this doesn't work. >> >> No, this is not what BEAMER_extra is for, this is the function >> BEAMER_envargs. BEAMER_extra is just plain LaTeX that will be >> inserted. > > Ah, okay. That makes sense and BEAMER_envargs does indeed work. > Thanks! > >> I don't this the document says differently, can you point out exactly >> where you got this from? > > I guess it was me reading too much into what you say about the extra > property. The problem is that it mentions frames so I thought it > could be used to modify frame behaviour. However, anything placed in > BEAMER_extra doesn't actually end up right after the \begin{frame} but > instead is placed after the \frametitle directive. I have no problem > with this but it is slightly inconsistent with the wording for > BEAMER_extra in that the extra text does not get placed immediately > after the environment start. Yes. That document is a bit outdated, I think the manual formulates this a bit better already. Actually, I am hoping very much that you and maybe a few other will turn the Worg page into something much more useful, wit examples, tips and tricks, and whatnot. - Carsten > > Thanks again, > eric - Carsten