Hello, I am writing an emacs utility to convert mind maps (See for example Freemind on http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) to beamer presentations. There is a Perl utility that does an OK job, but needs tweaking. Since I find programming in Perl much harder than in elisp (even though I only recently started in elisp), I decided to try to re-write it in elisp (That is how I get my thrills instead of bungee cord jumping and similar activities).
I can read the maps (which are in xml format) using the xml library, and parse the resulting nested list into a flattened list, This list has depth info attached to each node. Using the depth info, I can now start generating the .tex file. Here I am wondering whether I can re-use some of the auctex/beamer facilities. Here is an example of what I have in mind: Suppose I have a string that is supposed to be a frame title (and optionally subtitle). Is there a function that will insert the \begin\end frame, together with the frame title, and optional subtitle, and position the cursor The same question goes for document structure commands, blocks and columns (Here I am trying to do it in a way to be compatible with RefTex, if possible). I realize that I could go digging through the existing code, but I am afraid that I will mis-understand some of the functions, etc (or you could label it as just plain lazy). Thanks, Mirko _______________________________________________ auctex mailing list auctex@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex