Jim Ottaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Felipe Csaszar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi All, >> >> You may know about Beamer (a LaTeX style for creating amazing >> presentations, far superior to PowerPoint; for more details see >> http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net ). The only problem with Beamer is >> that its syntax makes difficult to focus on the content of the >> presentation (the author spends more time opening and closing itemize >> constructs that thinking in the presentation itself). >> >> Wouldn't be nice to have a Muse publishing style that outputs a Beamer >> presentation? I am attaching an example of a muse-like document and >> how it would look as a presentation (see the attachments). >> >> Modifying Muse to do this is difficult but not impossible. I guess >> that having a system like this would positively impact the Muse, >> Beamer, LaTeX, and Emacs communities. > >> Any volunteers? I could work as tester and Beamer consultant, but >> don't have the time to do the heavy weight programming. > > I think it is a great idea: I had the same thought myself a while ago! > But I haven't had the time to follow it up yet. I don't think it would > be all that difficult to adapt the latex publishing style to do this. > > I had something a little more elaborate in mind: I think it would be > great to be able to make a document from which one could generate > slides, handouts, and lecture notes using the beamer class.
Here's a sketch of an implementation using <slide> tags, and an example muse file.
muse-slides.el
Description: application/emacs-lisp
#title test slides
#author Jim Ottaway
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Cras
hendrerit, metus quis porta tempus, velit turpis semper leo, vitae
porttitor felis augue ut risus. Maecenas a risus id sem ullamcorper
suscipit. Nam aliquet. Donec diam turpis, blandit id, gravida quis,
consequat id, mi. Sed condimentum gravida urna. Proin eu arcu.
Phasellus viverra pharetra leo. Curabitur lacinia, nulla id elementum
tempus, libero justo tristique mauris, quis sollicitudin elit erat non
eros.
<slide title="Slide Title">
- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
- Cras hendrerit, metus quis porta tempus, velit turpis semper leo,
vitae porttitor felis augue ut risus.
- Maecenas a risus id sem ullamcorper suscipit.
- Nam aliquet. Donec diam turpis, blandit id, gravida quis,
consequat id, mi. Sed condimentum gravida urna. Proin eu arcu.
Phasellus viverra pharetra leo.
- Curabitur lacinia, nulla id elementum tempus, libero justo tristique
mauris, quis sollicitudin elit erat non eros.
</slide>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Cras
hendrerit, metus quis porta tempus, velit turpis semper leo, vitae
porttitor felis augue ut risus. Maecenas a risus id sem ullamcorper
suscipit. Nam aliquet. Donec diam turpis, blandit id, gravida quis,
consequat id, mi. Sed condimentum gravida urna. Proin eu arcu.
Phasellus viverra pharetra leo. Curabitur lacinia, nulla id elementum
tempus, libero justo tristique mauris, quis sollicitudin elit erat non
eros.
<slide title="test *title with formatting*">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet :: consectetuer adipiscing elit.
Cras hendrerit :: metus quis porta tempus, velit turpis semper leo,
vitae porttitor felis augue ut risus.
1. Maecenas a risus id sem ullamcorper suscipit.
2. Nam aliquet. Donec diam turpis, blandit id, gravida quis,
consequat id, mi. Sed condimentum gravida urna. Proin eu arcu.
Phasellus viverra pharetra leo.
</slide>
Regards, -- Jim Ottaway
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