The Many Faces of D - slides [ot]

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 10/03/2010 06:57 AM, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 04:40 -0700, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> [ . . . ]
>> I just use latex for everything. That way I can use vim. It's much more pleasant
>> that way.
>
> Also you can put the material into version control since the source is
> mergeable -- unlike OOo files.
>
> Sadly though LaTeX, even with the beamer package, just isn't up to doing
> what is easy with OOo.

I agree, though I'd also add that the likes of PowerPoint don't make it 
easy to create good presetations. In PowerPoint et al you are forced to 
focus on a flat structure that gets you boggled in details. For example 
it's trivial in PowerPoint to move slides around, which should be rare 
and odd in a well-conceived presentation. However imparting hierarchy to 
a presentation is not a feature.

Though a text-based presentation engine does not help with structure 
either, at least it doesn't stay in the way.


Andrei