Re: my quick and dirty tutorial for getting started with beamer and org mode

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2012, Nick Dokos wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> >   from a totally newbie perspective, i wanted to write a tutorial for
> > a colleague since we're about to convert all of our linux courseware
> > from .odp to latex/beamer, so here's what i whipped together for him
> > this morning:
> >
> > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Using_Beamer_and_org_mode_to_write_slide_shows
> >
> > if anyone else finds it useful, it's all yours.
> >
>
> Thanks! Very nice indeed.
>
> You say:
>
>    The whole reason I like this mode is that it gives me the chance to
>    expand and collapse sections while in emacs -- just go to any
>    section/subsection and hit TAB to either expand or collapse
>    it. That's the way I write manuals -- work in one place, finish up
>    there, close it, move elsewhere, open it up, etc.
>
> I think that pretty soon, you will find a whole lot more reasons to like
> it ;-)

  i don't doubt it, i just absolutely need outline mode for anything i
write these days, so i am delighted to have tripped over org-mode.
this latex/beamer/emacs/org mode combination looks like the perfect
solution for me.

  and now, to writing ...

rday

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