From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/53538 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Guilherme P. de Freitas" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Simplest slides Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:02:33 -0700 Message-ID: References: <7E873820-632D-4F10-82C9-12BD5B9AD66D@uni-bonn.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1255935773 11950 80.91.229.12 (19 Oct 2009 07:02:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:02:53 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Oct 19 09:02:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MzmGS-0000Lx-RG for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:02:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6FDCC9AAA; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:02:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nSn-QwdHl7Fr; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:02:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 193BBC9A70; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:02:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D31F2C9A70 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:02:39 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nZe6RUDLkIPl for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:02:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f195.google.com (mail-pz0-f195.google.com [209.85.222.195]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7105C9A63 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:02:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by pzk33 with SMTP id 33so3359719pzk.2 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:02:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=IzigRXSdyfnJw7L1bnAFJSAnk/+xVPtOCKibmVZD9go=; b=wyJ1tARH7oTzu1PugSBdr3LNaG5qxNk7uWQLdBXw4FabEVvsIc60ebnTm97tsq2t2+ ABiA0etvBiKTLfGveRPW16VHm2SGR5T1MkirkZ4+1cVQ7p4KJcDwqe1mJ4ln7/ouKzwX cqs6PZ42VBQh3JncErlUqweHsq6LVY763BTfQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=TEHQ5oxCNnSS5PWL2HjM5kSuXlpujtUDWqnZpsfMa2gCEHW/61NRgVEF9buqsdevbK udKfgiBdGNZd9y/CAfuCGIdaJJIIG8W1WEIlAmDLYW3BrojA2sWrbFU6+fegQHZTBPV7 KVDoOOcRPfoNCg4yMc57LhAw0UsvMrCJ0oOvw= Original-Received: by 10.142.60.10 with SMTP id i10mr108823wfa.304.1255935753153; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:02:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 06062d8a8013b621 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:53538 Archived-At: In case I wasn't clear "That may be possible" refers to "Having a blank background may be possible". And I really don't want to sound ungrateful for all the great software available out there for free (by the way, I pay for software that helps me), but it is maybe the 4th time I decide to try to write down a set of slides using ConTeXt and I can't find a simple template with a plain background to download. Call me crazy, but I didn't expect that. In the webpage for Slides/Presentations in the Context wiki, there is no complete, working template for a presentation with slides. Sure, people may want to customize everything, but I would guess 90% of presentation have a title and an author, lists and pictures. It would be very helpful to have such a template (as basic as possible, with those four components). And a template like this would be a great starting point for people like me, that want to migrate at least part of their work to ConTeXt (I've had a very positive experience writing problem sets already), and do that by doing real work, under a time constraint, instead of setting time aside to learn everything writing down examples, etc. (which is great, but takes longer) That kind of audience needs a quick solution, and then references to customizations. The references for customizations exist; the quick solutions (templates go a long way in this case), no. And I think the additional cost of doing that is minimal. Thanks everybody, but I still have to find my simple template: title, author, lists, pictures and plain background. I guess I could just go and write down a large centered text for title, etc. but I was hoping there would be something already done for very simple slides. Best, Guilherme On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > I did take a look at simple slides, and in their documentation, there > is no "plain" background. All the backgrounds have some shape/color to > it. That may be possible, but I couldn't tell just by spending 3-4 min > skimming the documentation. As it is something very natural to want (a > plain background), I assumed that it was either not supported without > a hack, or too hard to figure out. > > Best, > > Guilherme > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz > wrote: >> >> On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote: >> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> I would like to be able to make very simple slides with ConTeXt, and I >>> need a template. I would be very grateful if someone could point me to >>> one. Think Apple's Keynotes or Lawrence Lessig's presentations. Plain >>> background, not too much stuff on the slides whenever possible. If you >>> need a more concrete example, here it is: >>> >>> http://archive.gpfreitas.net/work/seminars/en/sisl/turingt-pres.pdf >>> >>> It's just that I am experimenting with taking notes while I read a >>> paper, and make a presentation direct from the notes. For that, using >>> my favorite text editor is a lot better than using Apple's Keynote >>> (which is otherwise very nice). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Guilherme >>> >> You could do worse than taking a look at simpleslides: >> http://modules.contextgarden.net/simpleslides=A0The name really says it = all... >> >> Thomas >> ________________________________________________________________________= ___________ >> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to >> the Wiki! >> >> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> webpage =A0: http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >> archive =A0: http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >> wiki =A0 =A0 : http://contextgarden.net >> ________________________________________________________________________= ___________ >> > > > > -- > Guilherme P. de Freitas > http://www.gpfreitas.com > -- = Guilherme P. de Freitas http://www.gpfreitas.com ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________