Re: [Orgmode] Beamer export questions/suggestions

[Chris Malone]

Hi Derek,

Re your first question:

One simple, albeit somewhat hackish way of achieving this would be to utilize =org-mode='s #+begin_beamer ... #+end_beamer syntax with =beamer='s frame option =plain=   For example:

======================================================================
# setup the themes I want to use for the overall look of the beamer talk
#+BEAMER_HEADER_EXTRA: \usetheme{Madrid}\usecolortheme{default}                 
                                                                                
* Testing default style                                                         
  test this is in madrid format                                                 
                                                                                
#+begin_beamer                                                                  

\end{frame}                                                                     

\begin{frame}[plain]                                                            
  this uses beamer syntax and should be plain                                   
\end{frame}                                                                     

#+end_beamer 

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The =\end{frame}= line is important because =org-mode= doesn't know how/when to end the previous frame - it either looks for another heading (i.e. a "*") or it simply adds an =\end{frame}= before the =\end{document}= upon export.

Ideally, it would be nice to be able to add an =ATTR_LATEX: plain= sort of tag right before a heading to indicate that this particular frame should have the =plain= beamer style.  I don't think this is currently done, but it should be fairly straight forward to implement.  If I have time this weekend to actually learn more than my rudimentary amount of elisp, then I might try to make a patch for this feature.  Maybe it should be an =ATTR_BEAMER:= line instead...

HTH,
Chris

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Derek Thomas <address@hidden> wrote:

Before I get to my questions, I would like to commend all those
involved in the development of org-mode.  I'm a new user and I've been
amazed by the features, utility, and the support/documentation
provided.

My first question relates to frames in beamer export.  Is it possible
to set a tag or otherwise indicate that a frame should appear without
a title, or as an empty frame (no header or footer)?  My second
question may be more of a suggestion if the feature is not available.
I currently use the testpos package in latex to position my figures in
beamer.  Is there a native org method to specify figure location in
org-beamer?  If not, it could be a nice feature for those preparing
presentations in org especially if it had the option to specify
quadrant location and relative size in a simple manner.  Thanks again,

Derek

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