From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: Re: my quick and dirty tutorial for getting started with beamer and org mode Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 11:05:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <31709.1347115829@alphaville> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53123) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAMbY-0004W7-QP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:05:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAMbX-0003tO-Rb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:05:52 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:40297) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TAMbX-0003tC-Ku for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:05:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <31709.1347115829@alphaville> 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@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nick Dokos Cc: emacs org-mode mailing list On Sat, 8 Sep 2012, Nick Dokos wrote: > Robert P. J. Day 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 -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================