From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 07:23:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03D93106564A for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:23:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A6B88FC14 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:23:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n3M7OL3K003893 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:24:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:23:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:23:15 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20090422072312.GA92118@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress'' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:23:21 -0000 This is for anybody familiar with the "powerpoint" fmt docs/display, and the openoffice.org equivalent, Impress. I have several dozen of files in several directories; each file (php or html--or can be xlated to xml) had one or two jpeg graphics. What I would like to experiment with is to see if having my Jottings philosophical stuff in slideshow presentation. My personal philosophy grew out of a disagreement with the bureaucrats in my home state (Ohio) who asserted that my physical disabilities made it impossible for me to become a productive member of society. Similar bureaucrats in California just a few years later took a different slant, and over the years and with plenty of sweating over my engineering and comp-sci classwork---and obviously, when I started earning my salt---, I noted down a bunch of short pieces that evolved into my "Jottings" thoughts. I've tried my best to de-nerd and de-geek this stuff, so that it encourages anyone and everyone who feels beat-up on by just-plain-life. Since this stuff has gone global, I've had lots of positive feedback. At the same time, back-of-envelope math has convinced me that it wouldn't pay to publish this in ink+paper. So in addition to my jottings.thought.org website, have a push-button slideshow might encourage more people to give this a read ... or a listen. If I can find a volunteer to read the stuff. I've tried to get firefox3 to show the demo here, but I'm evidently too too far out of date. If there is a way of having OOo-3.01 use the writing portion and turn the files into Impress mode, that would be ideal. O/wise, it might turn into a sharp learning curve. In any case, there are two questions for this list. The first, obviously, is subjective and is: would having my stuff in slideshow fmt gain me a wider readership? The second is: anybody out there willing to clue me in on this stuff? gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.41a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php