Re: [BUG] org-beamer :BEAMER_ACT: ignored on columns

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>]

"Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Wednesday, 12 Oct 2022 at 14:00, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
>> Your patch adds for columns
>
> All I did was copy the code that was there for options and adapted for
> actions.  I really do not understand what the rest of the code does and
> really do not have the time (due to teaching obligations) to investigate
> in more detail.  Sorry.  The patch solved the OP's problem...
>
> I will try to have a better look in a few weeks when my teaching duties
> subside a bit.

Take your time. What I do not want here is introducing new bugs. I am
not familiar with ox-beamer and do not want to miss anything subtle.

>>          ;; also process actions
>>          (raw-actions (org-element-property :BEAMER_ACT headline))
>>          (actions (if raw-actions
>>                       (org-beamer--normalize-argument raw-actions 'action)
>>                     ""))
>
> [...]
>
>> I do not know if [xxx] vs xxx makes any difference for columns, but it
>
> The org-beamer--normalize-argument function ensures that the action is
> enclosed in [<...>] and [...] for options.

Or <...>. In particular,
(org-beamer--normalize-argument raw-actions 'action)
, will return <raw-actions> (possibly stripping duplicate <>)
Looking at 12.7 Splitting a Frame into Multiple Columns section of the
beamer manual, it should be safe to use <raw-actions>.

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