From 37d53a7c44d7565d92880563f647da3b2b9449cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Fogg <joshua.h.fogg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:01:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Switched from `beamernotes` to `pdfpc`
---
README.md | 18 +++++++--------
beamernotes.sty | 49 ----------------------------------------
example-presentation.tex | 14 +++++++-----
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 beamernotes.sty
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 803ec89..694046f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,30 +61,30 @@ The default theme `\usetheme{edmaths}` gives is 'UoE Blue', `#00325F`, but there
These files are bundled with an example report and presentation, as well as a bibliography file for use across both. There are also simple examples of a [report](https://github.com/Foggalong/edinburgh-math-latex/wiki/Example-Report) and [presentation](https://github.com/Foggalong/edinburgh-math-latex/wiki/Example-Presentation) in the project wiki, as well as some [further formatting suggestions](https://github.com/Foggalong/edinburgh-math-latex/wiki/Further-Suggestions).
-## Beamer Notes
+## Presentation Notes
-If you use [pdf-presenter-console](https://pdfpc.github.io/), a
-presenter console with multi-monitor support for PDF files, you can use
+It's handy to be able to add slide notes which can be viewed while presenting. While there are [various ways](https://github.com/Foggalong/edinburgh-math-latex/wiki/Beamer-Notes) of doing this, [PDFPC](https://pdfpc.github.io/) is a presenter console with multi-monitor support and an [official package](https://github.com/pdfpc/latex-pdfpc) for adding such notes.
+
+To use it simply add
```latex
-\usepackage{beamernotes}
+\usepackage[overridenote=true]{pdfpc}
```
-and enter slide notes as in
+in the document header and enter slide notes as
```latex
-\bnote{my notes}
+\note{Some wonderful note.}
```
-_after_ the `frame` you want to annotate. The contents will generate a `filename.pdfpc` file containing
-all notes to be shown by pdfpc. Note that **this does not support newlines**.
+_after_ each `frame` you want to annotate. These notes will then be included as comments with the compiled PDF. Note that the only formatting supported is using `\\` to add newlines.
## Authors
While [Josh Fogg](https://github.com/Foggalong) maintains these versions, they would not have been possible without the work of:
- [Thomas Köppe](https://github.com/tkoeppe), wrote the original `edmaths` style file;
-- [Saturnino Luz](https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/saturnino-luz), created the original `beamernotes` and Beamer template for the [Usher Institute](https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher);
+- [Saturnino Luz](https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/saturnino-luz), created the Beamer template for the [Usher Institute](https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher);
- [Ben Brown](https://github.com/bencwbrown), modified the Beamer theme for general UoE usage.
Issues can be flagged [on GitHub](https://github.com/Foggalong/edinburgh-math-latex/issues) by [by email](mailto:j.fogg@ed.ac.uk). The license for the Beamer files is LPPL 3c. The licenses for all other files are [unknown](https://github.com/Foggalong/edinburgh-math-latex/issues/1).
diff --git a/beamernotes.sty b/beamernotes.sty
deleted file mode 100644
index fa29e9f..0000000
--- a/beamernotes.sty
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-%% Package `beamernotes' v0.97
-%%
-%% A package for writing speaker notes to acompany LaTeX Beamer presentations. In doc.tex
-%% containing a Beamer presentation, use the \bnote{} command to write any speaker notes.
-%% When the file is compiled your notes on slides get converted automatically into a notes
-%% file (doc.pdfpc), readable by pdf-presenter-console.
-
-\begingroup
- \catcode`\#=12
- \gdef\slidenumberprefix{### }%
-\endgroup
-
-\typeout{Starting beamer notes.}
-
-% Buffer to write notes into
-\let\BeamerNotesBuffer\empty
-% Keeps track of slide number
-\newcounter{BeamerNotesCounter}
-
-
-% Command for taking a note and adding it to the BeamerNotesBuffer
-\newcommand{\bnote}[1]{
- \typeout{Creating note: #1}
- \stepcounter{BeamerNotesCounter}%
- \xdef\BeamerNotesBuffer{\BeamerNotesBuffer
- ^^J\slidenumberprefix \theBeamerNotesCounter ^^J#1}%
- \mode<article>{#1}
-}
-
-
-% Save contents of BeamerNotesBuffer to a file
-\AtEndDocument{%
- % open file for writing
- \newwrite\file
- \immediate\openout\file=\jobname.pdfpc
-
- \immediate\write\file{
- % pdfpc header
- [file]^^J%
- \jobname.pdf^^J%
- [end_user_slide]^^J%
- \theBeamerNotesCounter^^J%
- % notes contents
- [notes]%
- \BeamerNotesBuffer
- }
- % save file
- \closeout\file
-}
diff --git a/example-presentation.tex b/example-presentation.tex
index 22e3137..7dce14d 100644
--- a/example-presentation.tex
+++ b/example-presentation.tex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-\documentclass{beamer}
+\documentclass[notes]{beamer}
\usetheme{edmaths}
-\usepackage{beamernotes}
\usepackage{lipsum}
+\usepackage[overridenote=true]{pdfpc}
\pdfcompresslevel=9
\pdfobjcompresslevel=3
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
\begin{frame}
\titlepage{}
\end{frame}
-\bnote{
- This generates notes for pdfpc. These notes also appear
+\note{
+ This generates notes for pdfpc. \\
+ \\
+ These notes also appear
on the handout/article versions.
}
@@ -34,8 +36,8 @@
\item \lipsum[2]
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
-\bnote{
- This is a note for the first slide. Mention how
+\note{
+ This is a note for the first slide. Mention how something happens.
}
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