Re: Code samples in OOo Presenter

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 07:14:56PM -0500, Larry Garfield wrote: > On Sunday 21 March 2010 05:41:55 pm Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > > > I don't like any of these options. :-) I don't know what the alternative > > > is, though. Ideally I'd love to have a custom text region or format or > > > something that is "take this and highlight it properly", but I don't > > > know > > > if such a plugin exists. > > > > > > I could be talked into using KPresenter / KOffice instead if that would > > > be easier, but as I am on Linux I have no access to KeyNote or > > > PowerPoint. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > --Larry Garfield > > > > Could you use highlight_string() on the code example in a web page then > > copy that from the browser and paste that into your presentation? It > > should then preserve the formatting used on the browser display, and let > > you easily modify the font size. > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > I will have to see if OOo preserves formatting when I do that. However, that > still leaves the problem of highlight_string()'s colors being rather poor for > on-screen. Are those easily configurable? That would at least give me a > decent result, kinda, even if it's not as clean as doing it all within the > presentation program. I think Ash's idea is brilliant, though I probably would show the code from within the browser, rather than importing it. Also check the user-supplied code under both the highlight_string() and highlight_file() function at php.net: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.highlight-string.php http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.highlight-file.php There is also code there to provide line numbers, which would be very useful for presentations. There are some hints about how you might change the colors. Paul -- Paul M. Foster