From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Beamer support in Org-mode Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:47:22 +0100 Message-ID: <8F9C582F-F254-4FF7-A22B-E3D90081D380@gmail.com> References: <6A790953-D036-4BAE-8833-E5B343A15331@gmail.com> <23189.1259253052@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDhVE-00086K-QG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:47:32 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NDhVA-00083J-2Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:47:32 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48945 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NDhV9-00083A-QA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:47:27 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f224.google.com ([209.85.219.224]:55426) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NDhV9-00005V-Cb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:47:27 -0500 Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so991621ewy.26 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:47:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <23189.1259253052@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> 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: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: mailing-list-org-mode list On Nov 26, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Nick Dokos wrote: > 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. Don't tell me he wrote pgf/tikz as well??? Unbelievable. > >> 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. This is still crappy code on a local branch here, I want to figure out what I/we actually want before publishing it. > > 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. Yes, I did not look at notes yet. Good point. Any succestions? Subtrees with a B_note tag? First need to try how notes actually work.... - Carsten > > Thanks, > Nick > > > - Carsten