Re: How to upgrade to make beamer export work

[jiewuza <jiewuza@163.com>]

Yes, you are right.
It is my fault.
I am sorry for that.

And thank you for your instruction of minimal config
practice. I should and will follow it.


John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:02 PM jiewuza <jiewuza@163.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> OMG, it is my fault.
>> I used `C-c C-e l p`
>> My screen is too small.
>> I just saw the the `p` key.
>> And I thought maybe beamer and latex share the same key now in the new
>> orgmode exporter. LOL
>
> We've all been there, but I wouldn't call it a LOL. People took time
> to speculate on what the issue might be, and to try to help you. Eric
> specifically mentioned the upper case P and you said "Yes, that is
> exactly what I did." Now you are saying you thought they might share
> the same key and pressed 'p' after all.
>
> I had just created a minimal config and tested the export myself when
> this email came through. What I *would* have said was "People can't
> troubleshoot what they can't see." The list gets all kinds of weird,
> odd issues (including from me, and including goofs just like this).
> The tried and true practice is a minimal configuration and a test file
> of some sort. Pasting what you *think* is the only beamer related
> config (on the heels of citing spacemacs, which could have all sorts
> of stuff potentially conflicting options) doesn't count, as we can't
> see for sure what is going on. Minimal config, run `emacs -Q`, then
> `M-x load-file RET path/to/min-config`, then try your stuff.
>
> Follow that practice and I assure you, the extra work on your part
> will drastically cut down on the back and forth with the list,
> resulting in getting to the real work/fun much faster!
> - https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html
>
> Glad it worked out,
> John
>
>
>> Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Monday, 24 Sep 2018 at 15:49, jiewuza wrote:
>> >> I used orgmode to prepare my lecture materials.
>> >> Now I upgrade org to the latest version, and read the [[new
>> >> exporter][https://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/ox-overview.html]].
>> >>
>> >> It seems the configure is much easier.
>> >> But I cannot get my lectures right after all my efforts.
>> >>
>> >> So I start all over. I removed all my beamer configure.
>> >> With the [[beamer
>> >> example][https://orgmode.org/manual/A-Beamer-example.html]], I get a pdf
>> >> (see attachment) like a latex article, no beamer frame.
>> >
>> > How did you export?  You should choose the beamer options, as in
>> >
>> >     C-c C-e l P
>> >
>> > to create PDF using beamer. Note upper case P. If you want to open the file as
>> > well, use O instead of P (again upper case). Lower case equivalents are for
>> > normal LaTeX article class (by default).
>>
>>