From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Beamer support in Org-mode Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:30:52 -0500 Message-ID: <23189.1259253052@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: <6A790953-D036-4BAE-8833-E5B343A15331@gmail.com> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDhKt-0007zO-7j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:36:51 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDhKo-0007u7-L8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:36:50 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38277 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDhKo-0007tm-7Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:36:46 -0500 Received: from vms173013pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.13]:41126) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDhKn-0006uA-Kv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:36:45 -0500 Received: from gamaville.dokosmarshall.org ([173.76.32.106]) by vms173013.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KTQ00EG26240NM4@vms173013.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:35:04 -0600 (CST) In-reply-to: Message from Carsten Dominik of "Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:17:21 +0100." <6A790953-D036-4BAE-8833-E5B343A15331@gmail.com> 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: mailing-list-org-mode list Carsten Dominik wrote: > this is in response to the discussions about beamer > export from Org-mode. Yesterday I had a long train ride > during which I scanned the beamer documentation (smoking > hot stuff!). Indeed - Till Tantau has a gift for documentation (among other gifts). I'd recommend the documentation for pgf/tikz as well. Amazing. > Then I made the attached draft > for Org-mode support, strongly based on the stuff > Eric Fraga has put together recently. What is described > below sort-of works in some experimental code here, but before > I polish I would like comments on this outline. > > NOW is the time to chime in. > Two questions (with apologies in advance: I've been buried for a while now, so I may have missed important details): o How do I test? Is there a beamer template for org-export-latex-classes that implements this spec? I just did a git pull but did not see one. o I didn't see anything about notes (in the beamer sense: speaker notes that don't appear in the slides, but do appear in the handout). For me, that is one of the most important aspects of beamer: the slides are there to remind me what to say (and hopefully to elicit the same memory in the audience, after the talk is finished). They provide the structure, but they are just a bunch of bones, a skeleton. The notes are the meat of the presentation, so imho it would behoove Org to provide a mechanism for notes from the get-go. Thanks, Nick