[Tutor] Automating creation of presentation slides?

[wesley chun]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:07 PM, David Kim<davidkim05 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately I live on the East Coast, otherwise I'd definitely attend! I
> am attracted to the declarative nature of reStructuredText, but I also
> recognize that A LOT of people use Powerpoint and are comfortable with it.
> Going with something else might freak people out.
>
> It also occurs to me that Excel integration might also matter.


i also do Excel with COM and Python. the seeds of the work i described
and other Office apps is prototyped in Chp 23 of the current (2nd)
edition of Core Python, should any of you have a copy.

OTOH, i also like reST, esp when used with docutils, and a powerful
tool like http://sphinx.pocoo.org ... FWIW, i gave a *non*-Python talk
at OSCON several weeks ago where i describe how some authors will be
using reST to write future manuscripts with ...
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8038

cheers,
-wesley
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