On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 5:21:00 PM UTC+5:30, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > Hello list, > I'm currently writing a presentation to help my co-workers ramp up on new > features of our tool (written in python (2.7)). > I have some difficulties presenting code in an efficient way (with some basic > syntax highlights). I need to be catchy about the code I'm presenting > otherwise the presentation will fail and I would be better saying to my > co-workers "RTFM", cause there is a manual. > So I really need to make them realize the code I'm presenting will benefit > them (they're not software engineers, python is just a tool, their expertise > and focus is aimed at something else, don't blame them :) ) > Right now the method I'm using is write the code in notepad++, use a plugin > (NppExport) to copy paste code into powerpoint. > After using it a little bit, I'm really not satisfied with this method, it's > expensive and all this copy paste stuff is driving me crazy. Not to mention > that the syntax highlight from notepads renders like crap in powerpoint. > I wonder if some people in this list who have successfully presented python > code have some tips about doing the proper way. Ned's presentations for > pycons are to me one example of successful code presentation: > - the layout is simple > - the code and code output are clearly identified > - a line of code can be highlighted while presenting > http://nedbatchelder.com/text/iter.html > I have access to powerpoint, or any tool under linux (I don't have access to > Mac's stuff). > Right now I'm so not satisfied by my current method that I'm about to make > the presentation showing the code from the file directly, alt-tabing between > the slides and the code. At least it's cheap.
Org mode's babel system is touted for exactly this: http://www.jstatsoft.org/v46/i03/paper [I must confess that Ive not quite got my teeth into it] -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
