Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:00:32 +0200 From: Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-course@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: started to lecture in Moscow State University Message-ID: <524FF150.6090003@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20131005091702.GB121@glebius.int.ru> References: <20131003132049.GK89219@glebius.int.ru> <12DC5621-5BC8-4950-8569-528005A81C92@neville-neil.com> <20131005091702.GB121@glebius.int.ru>
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Am 05.10.13 11:17, schrieb Gleb Smirnoff:
> On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 11:28:46AM -0400, George Neville-Neil
> wrote: G> > 2) A good facility to provide students with virtual
> boxes. Bhyve rocks, G> > but for kernel hacking we've got a
> serious limitation. When VM G> > crashes, the console is
> available only in the host box and it G> > requires root access.
> And I don't wont to give students root access G> > on my
> personal box. G> G> Is there someone local who can give you a box
> full of VMs? What about G> the University itself?
>
> The problem is not with number of VMs, but that console of VM
> (where kdb enters to) is available only on the tty running
> bhyve(1), which is a root terminal.
>
> I'll email Peter and Neel asking on a solution for this?
>
> G> > 3) Poor TeX skills. I spent too much time to prepare slides
> in TeX. G> > I do my best to not flee away from TeX to a WYSIWYG
> presentation G> > tool. :) G> G> I haven't checked the slides
> out, are you using Beamer? That's G> the right way to go for
> slides. G> G> It's great news that you're working on this and
> making your work shareable G> by the rest of us.
>
> Yes, I am using beamer. But my tex-foo is extremely bad. I have
> nothing against if someone, who speaks tex fluently, walks through
> my slides and commits directly to svn anything that makes them
> better.
>
Beamer has a very detailed handbook called beameruserguide.pdf that
comes with the package. It's well worth reading as it shows many cool
things you can do with your slides. From changing the layout, colors,
to making transitions, overlays and much more. Examples in each
section can be copied directly into your presentation to see what it
will look like.
Your slides will become more fancy over time. When I started using
beamer, I used the basic template and some itemize environments to get
my point across. Once I got used to creating slides, you can start
making more advanced slides with columns and such.
When you're using slides that contain source code (I recommend the
listings package), you need to make a slide like this:
\begin{frame}[fragile]{Title of the slide}
bla
\end{frame}
Without the [fragile], you get all kind of weird error messages when
compiling the document. Plus, the slide must not be empty, so put at
least the bla or any other text in there.
> Also, can anyone give me an advice on how can I make embedded
> notes for lecturer? What I'd like to achieve is that I keep the
> slides material and notes in one file, but after 'make' I got a pdf
> for presentation and a text file with notes for me.
>
There is a chapter on lecture notes in the beameruserguide called
"Adding Notes for Yourself". In it, you will find what you are looking
for using the \note command.
For my own lecture called "Unix for developers" (in german, I plan to
translate it) that I had to basically start from scratch, I used a
basic style. Now that I've given the lecture once, I can sit down and
work on creating new stuff for it based on feedback. My point here is:
start with something, even if it looks ugly and then make it look more
beautiful for the next lecture. Otherwise, you spend too much time
tweaking the slides and won't have enough time to focus on the content.
Looking forward to more slides from your lecture and topics you'll cover.
Regards
Benedict Reuschling
FreeBSD Documentation Committer
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