retard wrote: > Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:00:43 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > >> On 10/03/2010 06:57 AM, Russel Winder wrote: >>> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 04:40 -0700, Jonathan M Davis wrote: [ . . . ] >>>> 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. > > LyX (lyx.org) provides an alternative with WYSIWYM GUI and TeX export > (LyX is very close to LaTeX). The only problem is, embedded TeX code > blocks sometimes do not work and sometimes LyX stumbles into parsing bugs > or fails to produce valid LaTeX for the backend. If I have to choose > between the real PowerPoint and OpenOffice Impress, PowerPoint beats > OpenOffice hands down.
I have good experience with making a presentation with Lyx, even starting with almost zero knowledge of Latex. Some things with beamer you get for free are more cumbersome to do with PP / Impress.
