Gunther Birznieks writes:
> However, I am willing to concede that as a first cut, fancy slides are
> probably not worth it because the slides will change too often. Once v1 is
> released, then someone can transcribe the slides to PPT (or maybe a tool
> will exist by then) as a "stable release" if they want to (probably someone
> like me.)
Getting anything done with a mailing list full of programmers is
nearly impossible. Everyone wants to write tools, but nobody has said
"give me the slides for a week and I'll make them better". Instead
we're arguing about the best source format :-)
I developed the slides in a POD-like slide format that Tom
Christiansen uses. One of his trainers developed a slide2rtf
converter, and the rtf can then be imported into PowerPoint. That
doesn't work with StarOffice, as importing RTF immediately drops you
into the WordProcessor.
I think that my slides are pretty close to a v1. I don't know that
the subsequent tweaks will be worth the hassle of PPT conversion.
I'd rather not revert back to the POD-like format. Importing into PPT
is a pain in the arse. I'd rather find someone who wants to work on
the class and say "ok, it's yours for a week--fix it".
So consider this a call to arms: anyone with StarOffice/Powerpoint
want to bang on the class?
Nat
