From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sebastien Vauban" Subject: Re: New exporter, beamer confusion Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:45:51 +0100 Message-ID: <868v71a73k.fsf@somewhere.org> References: <20130204063905.GA23614@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <87wqun5037.fsf@gmail.com> <6207.1360048864@alphaville> <87fw1ashw5.fsf@gmail.com> <87y5f1lj1l.fsf@pank.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: 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-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Hi Rasmus, Rasmus wrote: > James Harkins 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 -- Sebastien Vauban