Re: Org file to generate both beamer and standard LaTeX file

[Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 11:32:15PM +0200, Julien Cubizolles wrote:
> I've been an newbie org user for a while now: in particular, I've never
> played with export much and all my LaTeX work as been done with AucTeX
> in a .tex file. I'm considering switching to an Org-based setup if I
> could get the following, mainly for courses I'm preparing for which I
> would need beamer / handouts / normal LaTeX / maybe odt export
> 
> * sectioning (\section et al commands in LaTeX) done with first and
>   second/third level heading, common to all exporters
> 
> * some common LaTeX code for all exports (definitions/theorems)
> 
> * manual specification of individual frames for the Beamer export. I
>   guess I would need LaTeX blocks for that, would AucTeX be available in
>   the edit buffer ?
> 
> * manual LaTeX code for normal LaTeX
> 
> * some python/pgfplots/tikz source blocks generating images, used in the
>   different export modes.
> 
> Can it be done ? Even better, did one of you already implemented
> something similar ?

All of what you list above is supported.  You just need to learn the
syntax.  To get started please look at the ox-beamer tutorial on Worg.
It is a little outdated by now, but it should provide a good starting
point for you.  And of course all the features are very nicely
documented in the manual, take a look there.

Cheers,

-- 
Suvayu

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