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New CTAN package: lecturer

Date: July 27, 2010 11:12:10 PM CEST
that old daemon was warned to expect something big, and... > The following information was provided by the package's contributor. > > Name of contribution: lecturer > Author's name: Paul Isambert > Location on CTAN: macros/generic > Summary description: On-screen presentations with PDF features for > (almost) all formats. > License type: lppl > > Announcement text given by the package's contributor: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lecturer creates slides for on-screen presentations based on PDF > features without manipulating TeX's typesetting process. The > presentation flow relies on PDF's abilities to display content step by > step. > > Features include: > - Free positioning of anything anywhere in painted areas on the slide, > as well as in the main textblock. > - Numerous attributes to control the layout and the presentation flow, > from TeX's primitive dimensions to the visibility of steps. > - Feature inheritance from global to local settings, with intermediate > types. > - Basic drawing facilities to produce symbols, e.g. for list items or > buttons. > - Colors, transparency, shades, and pictures. > - Navigation with links, pop-up menus, and customizable bookmarks. > - Easy switch between presentation and handout. > - PDF transitions. > > Besides the traditional documentation, the distribution includes a > visual doc (LecturerDemo-VisualDoc.pdf) and six demo presentations > ranging from geometric abstraction to classic style to silly video > game. > > Lecturer is designed for all formats except ConTeXt MkIV (because of > clashes in management of PDF objects, probably), works only with > pdfTeX and LuaTeX for the time being, and requires texapi and yax, > both v.1.02. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks for the upload; i have installed it, and created a catalogue entry for it. > Users may view the package catalogue entry at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/lecturer.html > or they may browse the package directory at > http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/lecturer/ of course, the catalogue entry won't appear on the web until some time tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team

lecturer – On-screen presentations for (almost) all formats

The package creates slides for on-screen presentations based on PDF features without manipulating ’s typesetting process. The presentation flow relies on PDF’s abilities to display content step by step.

Features include:

  • Free positioning of anything anywhere in painted areas on the slide, as well as in the main textblock;
  • Numerous attributes to control the layout and the presentation flow, from 's primitive dimensions to the visibility of steps;
  • Feature inheritance from global to local settings, with intermediate types;
  • Basic drawing facilities to produce symbols, e.g., for list items or buttons;
  • Colours, transparency, shades, and pictures;
  • Navigation with links, pop-up menus, and customizable bookmarks;
  • Easy switch between presentation and handout; and
  • PDF transitions.

Besides the traditional documentation, the distribution includes visual documentation and six demo presentations ranging from geometric abstraction to classic style to silly video game.

Lecturer is designed to work with all formats, but presently fails with Cont MkIV (because of clashes in management of PDF objects, probably), works only with pdf and Lua for the time being, and requires texapi and yax, both v.1.02.

Packagelecturer
Version 2011-09-11
MaintainerPaul Isambert

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