Minor correction: On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Venable <venabl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I frequently want to produce three almost-identical PDF versions of > the same underlying set of beamer slides: > > presentation-notes.pdf, which is a handout (specify handout in > Document Settings - Class Options - Custom field) but in which I > include various noteitems to myself (Document Settings - LaTeX > Preamble: \setbeameroption{show notes}) > > presentation-handout.pdf, which, like the notes, is in handout form > but suppresses the notes, i.e. comments out or removes > \setbeameroption{show notes} from the preamble > >
presentation-slides.pdf, which also has no note items but is not a handout (specify beamer in Document Settings - Class Options - Custom field). > > This is somewhat tedious to do by hand - save-as, change name, change > the preamble, change the purpose in the Document Class, save again, > export to pdf - and I have made a few version control mistakes. > > Is it possible to automate this via a command sequence, module or some > sort of script? > > I have fiddled around but have been stymied by (a) the paucity of > simple, annotated examples of LFUN command sequences, scripts and the > like and (b) my own incompetence. Primarily the latter. > > Many thanks in advance. > Apologies for the typo.