Re: [NTG-context] Simplest slides

It just occurred to me that a style was not a necessary thing, but an optional parameter, and that without it, the style would end up being "plain". That was the case, and therefore my problem is essentially solved. Thanks everybody, especially Thomas. Question: how do I get white text on black background? I tried adapting some commands from the Wiki, and that didn't work. Searching for the word "background" in the 'simple slides' documentation led me to information that was unrelated to what I wanted. For the sake of everybody out there wanting to use ConTeXt for their presentations, it would be very nice to have a link for a complete template, with title, author, a list and a picture in the Wiki. I slightly modified the simplest example in 'simple slides' (taking away the style, and including a list and a figure). It is available here: http://archive.gpfreitas.net/coursework/grad/caltech/year3/ss280/presentatio... It does need 'simple slides', so it might be a bad idea for the Wiki... but anyway, please, feel free to copy it to the wiki. Best, Guilherme On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:

In case I wasn't clear "That may be possible" refers to "Having a blank background may be possible".

And I really don't want to sound ungrateful for all the great software available out there for free (by the way, I pay for software that helps me), but it is maybe the 4th time I decide to try to write down a set of slides using ConTeXt and I can't find a simple template with a plain background to download. Call me crazy, but I didn't expect that.

In the webpage for Slides/Presentations in the Context wiki, there is no complete, working template for a presentation with slides. Sure, people may want to customize everything, but I would guess 90% of presentation have a title and an author, lists and pictures. It would be very helpful to have such a template (as basic as possible, with those four components). And a template like this would be a great starting point for people like me, that want to migrate at least part of their work to ConTeXt (I've had a very positive experience writing problem sets already), and do that by doing real work, under a time constraint, instead of setting time aside to learn everything writing down examples, etc. (which is great, but takes longer) That kind of audience needs a quick solution, and then references to customizations. The references for customizations exist; the quick solutions (templates go a long way in this case), no. And I think the additional cost of doing that is minimal.

Thanks everybody, but I still have to find my simple template: title, author, lists, pictures and plain background. I guess I could just go and write down a large centered text for title, etc. but I was hoping there would be something already done for very simple slides.

Best,

Guilherme

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:

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Hi Thomas,

I did take a look at simple slides, and in their documentation, there is no "plain" background. All the backgrounds have some shape/color to it. That may be possible, but I couldn't tell just by spending 3-4 min skimming the documentation. As it is something very natural to want (a plain background), I assumed that it was either not supported without a hack, or too hard to figure out.

Best,

Guilherme

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

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On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Guilherme P. de Freitas wrote:

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Hi everybody,

I would like to be able to make very simple slides with ConTeXt, and I need a template. I would be very grateful if someone could point me to one. Think Apple's Keynotes or Lawrence Lessig's presentations. Plain background, not too much stuff on the slides whenever possible. If you need a more concrete example, here it is:

http://archive.gpfreitas.net/work/seminars/en/sisl/turingt-pres.pdf

It's just that I am experimenting with taking notes while I read a paper, and make a presentation direct from the notes. For that, using my favorite text editor is a lot better than using Apple's Keynote (which is otherwise very nice).

Thanks,

Guilherme

You could do worse than taking a look at simpleslides: http://modules.contextgarden.net/simpleslides The name really says it all...

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