On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Charles Forsyth<fors...@terzarima.net> wrote: > i use html, then any browser will do, even ie6 for most things. > i use an rc script and awk to take an outline format such as > - burble > - more burble > - even more burble > with some other conventions to allow embedded code fragments. > it's obviously easy to link to other things to allow diversions > and connect to expanded information on the rare instances that > anyone is awake enough to ask about them. the same script can generate > a summary of the slides in troff as handouts. > > since there are drawbacks to the powerpoint approach, even without cruft
More people need to read Edward Tufte. Slideshows generally just detract from what you're doing. Use a projector for things like images, tables, etc. > like clip art and transitions, i often simply > write ordinary troff (-ms or -mpm), and then i can > use pic, grap, eqn, tbl as needed. > >
