From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/53543 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: luigi scarso Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Simplest slides Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:17:41 +0200 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: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0631014017==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1255940290 24212 80.91.229.12 (19 Oct 2009 08:18:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:18:10 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Oct 19 10:17:54 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 1MznRB-0002H0-OX for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:17:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0270C9A70; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:17:52 +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 oDxWWEGEDxcp; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:17:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 070C0C9A8A; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:17:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6D47C9A90 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:17:46 +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 6HNqLg4ezy4H for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:17:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f221.google.com (mail-fx0-f221.google.com [209.85.220.221]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17B04C9A8A for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:17:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by fxm21 with SMTP id 21so4649445fxm.9 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:17:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Tmm1Cam20dsMB7zNKmKYFi5GyS1HpC+Mwe/7vyPUyYg=; b=BRujVoPh/GuRvvt/XsFgRK+IEcGIfH5WuGl/Fard/KprX5ZkfS6WjzDRXHTUjWFfhA gxSUQM2TlQ2GxLNfWYrA80a88zKDxITKXIagJLf61zwABXjFO/ORUYT7VDUqR9hUXEpV xYJSbcLB58Tj6XbqVHvrgfrgv3ezW03SvCDKg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=k+yy7TFNNfHuNQC297M0UjI7exNz/i5q0iUVrc8Z2+uzAVxDdhRujD/dfP9nZvEygX k/12POD38ouV5RbG6VRNqfB/oKZoDWb1iQSubxFBK/RmYq1RoLngHr6zOIlM5ikdx9Ox ZrNzirAKXyo8QTOaQI4pDBsHkYIMJ74tosm1o= Original-Received: by 10.204.151.208 with SMTP id d16mr4517019bkw.115.1255940261711; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:17:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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:53543 Archived-At: --===============0631014017== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175cd19a2892e00476456178 --0015175cd19a2892e00476456178 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas < guilherme@gpfreitas.com> 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, > > Not in order of importance *)simple slides *) s-pre-*.tex *) build your slide with layers Please consider this http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint and this www.dabeaz.com His slide are really ok, cfr. www.dabeaz.com/python/*GIL*.pdf I think that every technical slides must be suitable for printing without effort and with hight quality. So I prefear A5 paper , black and white, one font for running text (CharisSIL actually) one font for listing (Incosolata, actually) and one for symbols (Unicode.otf, actually) . They render well on screen and on paper: see http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009/slides/luigi-slides.pdf For printing can be good A5 on A4 on top (bottom half space for your notes) or 2 A5 on A4 (more compact) -- luigi --0015175cd19a2892e00476456178 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Guilher= me P. de Freitas <guilherme@gpfreitas.com> 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<= br> 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,


Not in order of im= portance
*)simple slides
*) s-pre-*.tex
*) build your slide with l= ayers

Please=C2=A0 consider this
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/power= point

and this
www.dabeaz.com<= br>His slide are really ok, cfr.
www.dabeaz.com/python/GIL.pdf

I t= hink that every technical slides must be suitable for printing without
effort and with hight quality. So I prefear A5 paper , black and white, one= font for running text (CharisSIL actually) one font for listing=C2=A0 (Inc= osolata, actually)=C2=A0 and one for symbols (Unicode.otf, actually) .
T= hey render well on screen and on paper: see
http://ww= w.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009/slides/luigi-slides.pdf

For printing can be= good A5 on A4 on top=C2=A0 (bottom half space for your notes)
or 2 A5 o= n A4 (more compact)

--
luigi

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