On 10/03/2010 06:57 AM, Russel Winder wrote:
On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 04:40 -0700, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
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I just use latex for everything. That way I can use vim. It's much more pleasant
that way.
Also you can put the material into version control since the source is
mergeable -- unlike OOo files.
Sadly though LaTeX, even with the beamer package, just isn't up to doing
what is easy with OOo.
I agree, though I'd also add that the likes of PowerPoint don't make it
easy to create good presetations. In PowerPoint et al you are forced to
focus on a flat structure that gets you boggled in details. For example
it's trivial in PowerPoint to move slides around, which should be rare
and odd in a well-conceived presentation. However imparting hierarchy to
a presentation is not a feature.
Though a text-based presentation engine does not help with structure
either, at least it doesn't stay in the way.
Andrei
