On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, John O'Gorman wrote: > Hi > > Despite using LyX very happily for many years, I have never thought to > use > it for presentations. Recent emails on this list re Prosper, Seminar, > etc > have pricked up my interest. I would like to use LyX for all > documentation. > > > Some questions: > > Which is preferable: gv or Acrobat for displaying PDF files? >
acroread is best, except for quick pdf preview, in which case I use xpdf. gv filters the pdf through a pdf-to-ps converter. gv is slower than xpdf. The antialiasing in gv can make graphics (e.g. plots) appear unrecognizable on screen, but non-standard (whatever that means) fonts are better supported in gv than xpdf. Use acroread to display the final version. (There is no reload in acroread, so it's a bit awkward for previewing) > > My first attempt to use the Seminar class in LyX resulted in abysmal > failure. > Probably errors in trying to nest inappropriately into environments. > Is there a short howto anywhere? > Check out this page: http://www-robotics.usc.edu/~gerkey/tools/saynotopowerpoint.html It's about using latex to create presentations in several ways, including with foiltex and pdflatex, which are supported by lyx. > John O'Gorman > -- Steven Homolya School of Physics and Materials Engineering Monash University, VIC 3800 Australia Tel: +61 3 9905 3694 Fax: +61 3 9905 3637
