Cyrille Artho <c.ar...@aist.go.jp> writes: > Liviu Andronic wrote: >> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes >> <lasgout...@lyx.org> wrote: >>> 22/05/2014 08:09, Cyrille Artho: >>> >>>> Hi Scott, Thanks for your work in keeping the packages working. I'm >>>> still using foils (foiltex) so I'm very happy if it can be kept >>>> working for a long time. In fact, I was not aware that it is no >>>> longer maintained. That's too bad because I think I'm not the only >>>> one who still uses it. >>>> >>>> In my personal opinion, beamer uses too many boxes and does not look >>>> good if you use a lot of figures/images on the slides. Beamer slides >>>> may look better for text-only slides but those slides are boring to >>>> begin with ;-) >>> >>> >>> Yes, I depend on foils to. I tried beamer for my last presentation >>> (because I needed its slide animation features), but I really did not >>> like it. Too much bling for my taste. >>> >> I also have issues with all the bling that comes with Beamer by >> default, but with some few Beamer config tweaks all the bling can be >> toned down significantly. This is why I came up with a series of >> "simple" Beamer examples on the wiki: >> http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/Beamer
I just wanted to take a look at them, and all produce an error when opening from LyX (LyX Version 2.1.0 (13 Apr 2014)) on a Mac. ,---- | /var/folders/50/wcr5bjwn75q595n6x82gxj280000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.twUHvMRS5559/Buffer_convertLyXFormatXXXXXX.lyx.kSameUIi5559 | ended unexpectedly, which means that it is probably corrupted. `---- I though that the conversion by lyx2lyx is the problem, but that one works without problems. I attach the converted file (from [1]). Ironically, all non-simple beamer presentations open without error... conspiracy? :-) Cheers, Rainer
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>> >> Most changes are obtained very easily via simple Beamer calls in the >> Preamble. >> >> Liviu >> >> >>> OTOH, I reckon that foilTeX slides can be a bit ugly, and I'd welcome >>> another option. >>> >>> JMarc >>> > Hi Liviu, > Thanks for the links. IMHO even the "simple" style is rather heavyweight > for the boxes (with shadows etc.). I think the trend is now towards > cleaner, simpler layouts with no 3 D effects, and only as few > lines/boxes/frames/background colors as absolutely needed. > In that sense, what was done by necessity 15 years ago when doing slides in > LyX/TeX is now again in fashion ;-) > > Why FoilTeX works for me (sorry if this is getting off-topic): > > For my own slides, I change the bullet symbol and title color in FoilTeX > but otherwise use it without changes. Whenever possible, I avoid bullet > lists in the first place but of course I don't always have enough time to > get rid of enumerations. I never use "striptease slides" as the audience > tends to squint, trying to read the grey text on white, while not listening > to the speaker. IMHO if you use a "striptease slide", then you have failed > in the design and should create 2 - 3 separate (but incremental) slides > instead. Note that these may repeat a figure (with modifications) but > should not repeat the entire text as you'd otherwise again end up with a > wall of text. > > In short, beamer can make a wall of text look relatively pretty, and > this may work for a couple of minutes, but after that one realizes > again that walls of text are not suitable for presentations. Without > that, the most compelling features of beamer are not needed anymore. Footnotes: [1] http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/Examples/Beamer/Liv/beamer-simple.lyx -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982
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