\pnote could be an option Another idea is to reserve the lowest level to notes
* section ** subsection *** frame etc ************** notes (I don't know how many *'s are needed) maybe we can set a number / variable like org-beamer-frame-level we could create org-beamer-notes-level Daniel 2009/12/18 Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com>: > Adam Spiers <orgm...@adamspiers.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 04:49:23PM -0300, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira wrote: >> > In addition, while I also agree that footnotes shouldn't be in a >> > presentation >> > they are allowed when working with beamer and may be useful in some cases. >> > If >> > org-mode export footnotes as beamer notes then some months from now someone >> > would be asking here in the mailing-list how to enter a standard footnote >> > when >> > exporting to beamer. >> >> I agree - unfortunately there are genuinely sensible uses of footnotes >> in presentations. For example, citation of sources for quotations, >> data etc. is ideally accomplished by footnotes: they are not used >> during the presentation itself, but by distributing paper and/or >> electronic copies after the talk, footnotes provide essential >> reference data for perusal by the audience at a later date. >> > I think that's an argument *for* Eric's idea (assuming that the handout > includes notes - that's my practice, but maybe not everybody does that, > although they *should* :-) ). > > In general, I think slides should be very simple: single-level lists, > single idea per slide, no footnotes - but I know that generalities like > that are just guidelines: meant to be broken, given a good enough cause. > >> Imagine a slide showing the results of a benchmark, claiming "X is >> much faster than Y!" You might want to talk briefly about how the >> results were obtained, and about the impact of the results, but you >> would also need to be able to tell the audience they could >> independently verify the results by obtaining a copy of the slides and >> visiting the URL contained in the footnote - especially if the results >> are controversial! In this case, it would not matter that the URL was >> too small to be legible from the back of the room. >> >> > > How does inverting Eric's idea sound: invent a new kind of footnote, > let's call it, say, a "pnote", which is treated exactly like a footnote in > all exports *except* beamer. In beamer, footnotes end up in the frame > and pnotes end up in the notes. > > Not sure whether the implementation would be as simple as this makes it > sound, but who knows?[1] > > Thanks, > Nick > > [1] Well, OK: Carsten knows... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
