several improvments to the beamer template

- moved over to the new notes format (requires the new version of pdfpc)
- pre-process the logo.pdf instead of doing it in the makefile
- addes new support for putting the slide revision (from git) on the
  first slide

slides_template/example.tex

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 % set up the file to create notes in the output PDFs
 \usepackage{pgfpages}
-\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen} % for pdfpc -n right
-% \setbeameroption{show notes} % place notes on the second slide
-% \setbeameroption{show only notes} % for making printouts
+\input{notes.config}
 
 \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ugm}
 \usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
@@ -155,11 +153,9 @@
 \begin{frame}[plain]
   \titlepage
 
-% pdfpc:begin
-% 
-% This is the slide 1 notes.
-
-% pdfpc:end
+% include version control stuff
+\input{vc}
+\tikz[overlay,shift=(current page.south west)]{\node [xshift=5.6em,yshift=0.5em]{\colorbox{makopurple1}{\color{white} \tt \smaller \smaller \smaller revision:\ \VCRevision\  (\VCDateTEX)}};} 
 \end{frame}
 
 %% SLIDE: Slide 2