Benjamin Mako Hill
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The root README keeps what is shared — dependencies, accessibility, the scripts — and links to a per-template README for how to build and what is in it. The Posters section moves to poster_template/README.md with a pointer left behind, since it is that template's caveat. slides_template/README.md replaces the two READMEs that came with beamer-mako. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Slides Template
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Presentation slides on the [ltx-talk](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk)
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class, which was written with tagging as a design goal. See the
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[root README](../README.md) for what tagging buys and how to check it.
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## Requirements
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* LuaLaTeX
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* ltx-talk, from `texlive-latex-recommended`. It needs LaTeX 2025-11-01 or
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later, which is newer than TeX Live 2025 as first released; Overleaf's
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TeX Live 2025 may predate it, so compile there before relying on it.
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* `python3-pypdf`, for assembling the notes PDF
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```
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apt install latexmk texlive-luatex texlive-latex-recommended \
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texlive-fonts-extra python3-pypdf
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```
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Slides are set in Open Sans and Roboto Mono, both from `texlive-fonts-extra`.
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## Building
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```
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make slides # the deck
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make notes # double-width slide and notes pages, for presenting
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make pdfpc # build the notes PDF and open it in pdfpc
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```
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Share the slides build. The notes build is not tagged and exists to be looked
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at while talking.
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## Writing slides
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Give frame titles as `\frametitle`, not as the braced argument to `frame`. The
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class treats `\begin{frame}{Title}` as body text, so a title given that way is
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not tagged as a heading.
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Coming from beamer:
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| beamer | here |
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| `\begin{frame}{Title}` | `\frametitle{Title}` inside the frame |
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| `\begin{frame}[standout]{}` | `\standout{...}` |
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| `\sectionpage` from the theme | `\section{...}` then `\sectionpage` |
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| `\subsectionpage` | `\subsection{...}` then `\subsectionpage` |
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| `\note{...}`, `\note[item]{...}` | same, after `\usepackage{talk-notes}` |
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| `\appendix` | same |
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| `\alert{...}`, `\item<2->`, `\pause` | same |
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| `\only<1>{...}` | avoid; use `\pause` or `\begin{itemize}[<+->]` |
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## Speaker notes
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ltx-talk has no `\note` command (see
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[issue #156](https://github.com/josephwright/ltx-talk/issues/156)).
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`talk-notes.sty` defines one that records its text to a side file and
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contributes nothing to the slides; `mknotes` reads that file afterwards and
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builds the presenter PDF.
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Write notes with `\note{...}`, or `\note<2->{...}` to bind one to particular
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slides of a frame. As in beamer, plain notes run together as text, each
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starting a new paragraph, and `\note[item]{...}` adds an entry to a numbered
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list printed after them.
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`make notes` writes `<jobname>-notes.pdf`, the double-width version you present
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from. Show it with [dspdfviewer](https://github.com/dannyedel/dspdfviewer),
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[pdfpc](https://pdfpc.github.io/), or the web viewers
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[Beamer Viewer](https://beamerviewer.euxane.eu/) and
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[backstage](https://bckstg.xyz/).
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To use notes in another ltx-talk document, copy `mknotes` and `talk-notes.sty`
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across and load the package. `mknotes` picks up `fonts.tex` when it is present,
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so the notes match the deck; `--preamble FILE` names a different fragment.
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## Theme
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`trantor.sty` is [Marco Pompili's](https://github.com/mrc-pop)
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[Metropolis-like theme](https://github.com/mrc-pop/trantor) for ltx-talk,
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vendored with a licence header added and the font block left to the document.
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Re-vendor from the fork rather than editing this copy.
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