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Subject: Re: [dev] About a beamer back-end
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Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:

> As I announced in another thread, I'm starting a Beamer back-end for
> the new export engine.

This is indeed good news. 

Here are some concerns that I would like to address compared to the
current exporter.

 - Operating with pauses are overly hard.  One can specify overlays in
   properties, but <n> is just not very convenient, as I may have to
   introduce a new number j<n.  I prefer the pause, but it does not feel
   'natural' in the current org-beamer (IMO).

 - A lot of beamer features rely on being typed in-between frames.
   Currently, one needs non-orgish hacks to archive this (at least the
   last time I investigated the issue).
   - E.g. stuff for article mode, notes etc.

 - I kind of like the block approach, but mainly because it's fast due
   to org-beamer-select-environment.  I would be open to changes, as
   long as it remains quick.  Eric's concern on moving stuff quickly is
   valid, though.
   - My main problem with blogs is that it forces me to have everything
     on slides, and I don't always want that.

 - In the current implementation of org-beamer it's hard for me to fully
   utilize the beamer-article mode, i.e. typing the presentation as an
   article.  Perhaps the issue is solvable by using multiple files and
   including them into each other;  or perhaps it is simply asking too
   much of Org.

Thanks for putting effort into this!

-Ramsus

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