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MMD Composer v4 and Beamer (LaTeX slides)

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scott.moser

07 Jan, 2018 06:40 PM

Howdy! Firstly, thanks very much for the increadible work on both the composer and espeically multimarkdown. I just started usign MMDv6 and it is increadible how much you updated. Thanks!

Sadly, my latest updates (Composer v2 -> v4 and MMDv? -> v6) has considerably limited some functionality, at least for my work flow. Specifically: how can I write in Composer v4 and export LaTeX beamer?

 This was both straightforward and immenently customizable with composer v2 using the 'latex input: foo' and 'latex footer: foo' headers (e.g. with the templates at https://github.com/fletcher/peg-multimarkdown-latex-support )

I see the whole set-up for including headers and footers is new in v4, but I dont' see support for beamer:
https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/tree/master/texmf/tex/latex/mmd6

Please help! I loved using Composer to 'mock up' slides quickly and ealisy, export them as LaTeX and have a working Beamer .text file to edit/ use/ modify in a LaTeX editor.

Many thanks!
Scott

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Fletcher on 07 Jan, 2018 07:33 PM

   

   Scott,

   Thanks for writing in!

   The changes you refer to here are technically changes to MMD v6, not
   Composer v4 (yes, Composer v4 uses MMD v6, but they're two different
   things -- mainly that is important to help properly direct google
   searches... ;)

   MMD 6 uses a different configuration for LaTeX. It does require
   updating your documents (and LaTeX support files), but once you make the
   changes it will be much easier moving forward.

   The MMD 6 Quick Start Guide describes this:

   https://rawgit.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/master/QuickStart/QuickStart.html#latexchanges

   In your case, you would want to use the `latex leader`, `latex begin`,
   and `latex footer` metadata keys instead of the old `latex input` key,
   as I have not created a specific beamer set-up for the `latex config`
   option. I'll add this to my to do list.

   You can still use the `latex mode` metadata to switch between "regular"
   LaTeX, beamer, and memoir syntax, just like MMD 5 and earlier.

   Fletcher

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2. 2 Posted by scott.moser on 07 Jan, 2018 07:40 PM

   

   Ah ha! Thanks so much for this helpful and ultra-speedy reply! Sorry for my mis-statements. I see now I can at least get out beamer slides (e.g. slides encapulated with \begin{frame} and \end{frame}) using 'latex mode: beamer'. But there will be no '\begin{document}', etc.

   I am hopeful there will be some example

       mmd6-beamer-leader.tex
       mmd6-beamer-begin.tex
       mmd6-beamer-footer.tex

   files to work from some day. Or should I try and cook these up myself?

   Thanks again, and happy new year!
   scott

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Fletcher on 07 Jan, 2018 07:43 PM

   

   You can you use the same ones you used before -- just have to change the
   metadata key names as described below. `latex input` doesn't work any more.

   (yes, eventually there will be mmd6-beamer-leader/begin/footer -- but
   those will just be renamed versions of the existing files, possibly with
   a few small tweaks).

   F-

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4. 4 Posted by scott.moser on 07 Jan, 2018 08:10 PM

   

   Double-Ahha! Thanks so much! I think I understand now. Back to a good
   workflow!
   Thanks again!
   scott

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Fletcher on 07 Jan, 2018 08:21 PM

   

   No worries — glad it’s working for you!

   F-

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by Fletcher on 09 Jan, 2018 02:37 PM

   

   FYI -- I just pushed a commit to the development branch on github:

   https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6/tree/develop/texmf/tex/latex/mmd6/beamer
   

   That folder includes renamed beamer files (with a few tweaks) that fit the same structure as the other MMD-6 latex support files. With these, it becomes possible to use the latex config single metadata key to specify which LaTeX templates are used.

   F-

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7. Fletcher closed this discussion on 09 Jan, 2018 02:37 PM.