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LaTeX writer: support for beamer frame overlay specifications

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#4,330 opened on Jan 31, 2018

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Description

Support for beamer frame overlay overlay specifications would be useful:

<0> and the mode specifiers described in Sections 8.4 and 21.3 of the Beamer User's Guide to prevent frames from being displayed in the various modes (e.g., beamer, article, handout) and in multiple modes with the syntax <article:0|handout:0>.

Edited to reflect changes in pandoc 2.5 and beamer 3.55, and again for pandoc 2.17.1.1 and beamer 3.66,

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Tech stack
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Domain
backend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
LaTeX beamer basicsPandoc writer internals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
Examine the pandoc LaTeX writer source code (likely src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX.hs) to understand how frame environments are currently handled. Study the beamer overlay specification syntax from the referenced sections (8.4 and 21.3) and consider how to map pandoc's internal frame representation to LaTeX output with optional overlay specifiers. Look at existing tests for LaTeX output to ensure changes pass.
LaTeX writer: support for beamer frame overlay specifications · jgm/pandoc#4330 | Good First Issue