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How to get latex beamer notes to work with open-pdf-presenter #23

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi,

Firstly thanks for a great app.

I use latex beamer for my presentations and I really like this app.

I want to know if you have any suggestions on how to get latex beamer notes to 
work with open-pdf-presenter. I mean can I get xml notes file from beamer ?

I know in your roadmap you have listed beamer notes as a feature to be 
implemented. How do you envision your users to use it ?

If you don't mind I have the following suggesition regarding notes:

I normally generate 3 pdf's from my latex beamer sources.

1) slides only
2) notes only
3) slides plus notes (first slide followed by note, then next slide followed by 
note....)

In all cases, I use a hack in my tex source to make sure all sides have a note.
So if open-pdf-presenter can accept two pdf's (one slides, another one notes)

or if it accepts one pdf with an option to specify odd page numbers for slides 
and even for notes it would be great.

Many thanks,
krb

Original issue reported on code.google.com by karthikr...@gmail.com on 22 Apr 2014 at 4:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
The idea would be to write a LaTeX class for you to add a comment to each 
slide. That comment would be a part of that page's metadata in the PDF, not 
visible at all. However, open-pdf-presenter would read the metadata, find the 
comments, and display them.

Original comment by zait...@gmail.com on 12 May 2014 at 1:03

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi,

Sounds like a good solution.

Does such a class exist today or an option into beamer ?

or is this a suggestion ?

Original comment by karthikr...@gmail.com on 12 May 2014 at 5:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Such LaTeX class does not exist yet, this is just the high-level description of 
the solution I had in mind.

Original comment by zait...@gmail.com on 12 May 2014 at 8:44

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi,
Ok I understand. It does sound like a good idea.

Is it possible to configure open PDF presenter to jump two slides at a time 
instead of one ?
Perhaps with a different hot key.

I am thinking that if I produce my PDF with notes on even slides, then then 
feature would be ideal.

Original comment by karthikr...@gmail.com on 12 May 2014 at 9:15