From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/53540 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 00:50:11 -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 1255938633 19444 80.91.229.12 (19 Oct 2009 07:50:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:50:33 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Oct 19 09:50:23 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 1Mzn0Z-0008Vv-3D for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:50:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F706C9A90; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:50:22 +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 NMaxu6deUEQK; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:50:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C8EC9A70; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:50:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67C1C9A70 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:50:17 +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 b4sj90UG7ja8 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:50:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-px0-f194.google.com (mail-px0-f194.google.com [209.85.216.194]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B292CC9A63 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:50:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by pxi32 with SMTP id 32so2898260pxi.16 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:50:12 -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=qOJvHJNx+UtqLAgRBmPDOHmuMUn8Wwv2wszbWhIGZ4I=; b=tB5/h7n7SPJU9B8aymDk0XxTt014w+kuyOR938o5GsrD1NNzyb8rJmwzYkcqB1EcDA 7aJ5fHkqCpqTJr2MEbWiX94gxVM6ADF1sIE16Xm5xgi8r0lNr3vl/YodVwpkoFiYu1RJ H2HCV+Mf3aG05HexIs8ytvU+1HonEAIAiMir0= 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=QjRuxMPbZc6ZiKnF6bfvrAgmr9qT06PpsCNAFbkg6rOOMKmUQkh1l46H0QZWqSpuVW 6YBTrWzGv9elIaGAUoYwoa+6s7sXKRavs+UCU4MGHwGmBVbwnDmxSfXnO7MZDrIFPgO4 7BRXnmYgep6v26gDBsHtxeA4c7I0tXhJvjvnk= Original-Received: by 10.142.247.42 with SMTP id u42mr282970wfh.259.1255938611669; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:50:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3d4138e666c6a9af 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:53540 Archived-At: It just occurred to me that a style was not a necessary thing, but an optional parameter, and that without it, the style would end up being "plain". That was the case, and therefore my problem is essentially solved. Thanks everybody, especially Thomas. Question: how do I get white text on black background? I tried adapting some commands from the Wiki, and that didn't work. Searching for the word "background" in the 'simple slides' documentation led me to information that was unrelated to what I wanted. For the sake of everybody out there wanting to use ConTeXt for their presentations, it would be very nice to have a link for a complete template, with title, author, a list and a picture in the Wiki. I slightly modified the simplest example in 'simple slides' (taking away the style, and including a list and a figure). It is available here: http://archive.gpfreitas.net/coursework/grad/caltech/year3/ss280/presentati= on1/pres-simple_slides.zip It does need 'simple slides', so it might be a bad idea for the Wiki... but anyway, please, feel free to copy it to the wiki. Best, Guilherme On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote: > 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 > -- = 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 ___________________________________________________________________________= ________