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If I may reiterate what features are needed:
* The user needs an environment
\begin{slide}
\slideheading{String}
matter
\end{slide}
In case matter is taller than one screen, it should automatically
wrap.
* We need a macro "\topic{String}" which generates a fullscreen slide
where all we have is string. These strings should be used for
generating the menu which is shown on the right-hand top of screen.
(This is done).
* \maketitle needs to generate a pretty front page. (This is not
done currently).
* The default fonts need to be larger. (This is not done).
* All this behaviour should get switched on when the user says
\usepackage[slideshow]{pdfscreen}
A separate file mysetup.tex and a hacked pdfscreen.cfg should not
be required. (This is not done).
* There should be a convenient way to make a colour postscript file
out of the file, in case the user needs to print it out on a colour
inkjet printer onto slides. E.g. one might have to say
\usepackage[slideshow,print]{pdfscreen}
* The pdfscreen distribution should include one or two demos of
slideshows.
* The pdfscreen distribution should include a HOWTO on mixing ppower4
and pdfscreen, with one or two demos of this in action.
In both cases I will be happy to supply you with demos.
* Installing pdfscreen is a pain - it involves fragments like
truncate.sty which have to be assembled together. There should be
a debian package which stands on top of a teTeX installation and
gives the user a beautifully working pdfscreen. (DONE)
* The debian package should hook into ppower4 so that it gets
installed also when the user wants pdfscreen.
I would be really thrilled if we could release a new pdfscreen as a
Debian package which does all this.
-ans.
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Ajay Shah ajayshah@igidr.ac.in
Associate Professor, IGIDR URL http://www.igidr.ac.in/~ajayshah
<*(:-? - wizard who doesn't know the answer.
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