Re: New exporter, beamer confusion

["Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Rasmus,

Rasmus wrote:
> James Harkins <jamshark70-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Btw, *who* preferred \alert? (Orwell, Politics and the English Language:
>> "Never use the passive [voice] where you can use the active.")
>
> I prefer alert.  See the Beamer manual (texdoc beamer in texlive) on
> change of style and how to use alert (e.g. alert on one particular
> (sub)slide of a "multipage slide").  It's the Beamer way.  Surely it
> cannot be a bad thing?
>
>> Still, I wonder if there is a way to make the new backend less unfriendly
>> toward lists. It's an interesting philosophical question: In what cases is
>> it better for the tool to adapt to the users' wishes, versus cases where
>> the tool should encourage (Are blocks in the result actually better than
>> lists? Who says so, and why should I take his or her word for it?)
>
> Org has many dedicated list symbols namely white space and one of
> {[-+*], [0-9][.)]}.  Why should a headline be converted to a list?  It
> was always awkward to me.

As a reminder, the conversion of headlines to lists is what "daily" happens
within common Org files converted to LaTeX documents: just play with the H
option, and you'll see your deeper levels converted to LaTeX lists.

So, this ain't specific to Beamer.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban