From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gray Calhoun Subject: Re: Beamer support in Org-mode Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:21:33 -0600 Message-ID: <4B14537D.6030706@iastate.edu> References: <6A790953-D036-4BAE-8833-E5B343A15331@gmail.com> <4B12B788.2000303@iastate.edu> <1D2CB876-909B-4E81-932B-F3D4D1DDC514@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFAhV-0001Jw-Vz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:10:18 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFAhR-0001HG-0R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:10:17 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44340 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFAhQ-0001HA-Ql for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:10:12 -0500 Received: from mailhub-5.iastate.edu ([129.186.140.15]:58786) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFAhQ-0001X1-JQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:10:12 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1D2CB876-909B-4E81-932B-F3D4D1DDC514@gmail.com> 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: mailing-list-org-mode list An optional setting sounds great. I can't wait to see how it turns out. --Gray Carsten Dominik wrote: > Hi Gray, > > thanks for chiming in, this was a very important piece of the puzzle. > I had already realized that I should give up having fixed levels for > columns, but I had still panned fixed levels for frames. Now after > your post I realize that this can be useful, but is not required, > which means it should be optional. > > Thanks! > > - Carsten > > On Nov 29, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Gray Calhoun wrote: > >> Hi Carsten and all, >> >> Beamer export sounds fantastic. I've been using org mode for this >> sort of thing a lot over the last year--all of my lecture notes are >> typed up as an org file, and I used org mode to draft slides for a >> presentation over the summer, so an automated process would be helpful. >> >> But, I'm not sure that it makes sense to hardcode the frames as a >> level 2 headline (or any level headline); I find it easier to define >> a slide to be any headline that has no subheadings, regardless of its >> depth---the ability to outline the structure of a presentation as >> appropriate and then fill in the details (ie the slides) later is >> (imho) the reason to use org-mode for this sort of task in the first >> place. Columns, etc., could then be handled by using properties of >> the last headline, or as a special list. >> >> This approach might also make it easier to export the same file to >> other formats (i.e. the existing html format). I imagine that this >> would be a little harder to program, though, and is just my two cents. >> >> --Gray >> >> Carsten Dominik wrote: >> (snipped) >>> 1.2 Frames >>> =========== >>> Level 2 headline (or the level configured in >>> org-beamer-frame-level) become frames. The headline text become >>> the frame title, but if no headline text is given, the frame gets >>> no title. If the frame title contains the string "\\", the line >>> will be split at that location, and the second half become the >>> frame /subtitle/. >> (snipped) >> >> -- >> Gray Calhoun >> >> Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University >> http://www.econ.iastate.edu/~gcalhoun/ >> >> 467 Heady Hall >> Ames, IA 50011 >> Phone: (515) 294-6271 >> Fax: (515) 294-0221 > > - Carsten > > >