small fixes

beamercolorthemeaptero.sty

@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
 \setbeamercolor{message item}{fg=red}
 \setbeamercolor{message item symbol}{fg=red}
 
+\setbeamercolor{verse}{fg=, bg=black!15}
+\setbeamercolor{quote}{fg=, bg=black!15}
+\setbeamercolor{quotation}{fg=, bg=black!15}
+
 \setbeamercolor{section in toc}{parent={normal text}}
 \setbeamercolor{subsection in toc}{parent={normal text}}
 

beamercolorthemeut.sty

@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@
 \setbeamercolor{framesubtitle}{parent={titlelike}}
 \setbeamercolor{frametitle line}{fg=utgold}
 
-\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=white, bg=utlightblue}
+\setbeamercolor{block title}{fg=white, bg=utblue}
 \setbeamercolor{block body}{fg=normal text.fg, bg=utblack!10}
 \setbeamercolor{block line top}{fg=}
-\setbeamercolor{block line middle}{fg=utlightblue}
+\setbeamercolor{block line middle}{fg=utblue}
-\setbeamercolor{block line bottom}{fg=utlightblue}
+\setbeamercolor{block line bottom}{fg=utblue}
 
 \setbeamercolor{block title alerted}{parent={block title}, bg=utred}
 \setbeamercolor{block body alerted}{fg=normal text.fg, bg=utgreen!20}
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
 \setbeamercolor{message item}{fg=utred}
 \setbeamercolor{message item symbol}{fg=utgold}
 
+\setbeamercolor{verse}{fg=, bg=utgreen!20}
+\setbeamercolor{quote}{fg=, bg=utgreen!20}
+\setbeamercolor{quotation}{fg=, bg=utgreen!20}
+
 \setbeamercolor{section in toc}{parent={normal text}}
 \setbeamercolor{subsection in toc}{parent={normal text}}
 

beamerthemelines.sty

@@ -477,6 +477,10 @@
 
 \setbeamertemplate{message symbol}[circle]
 
+% see quotation environment defined in 
+% /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/base/beamerbaselocalstructure.sty 
+% for an alternative implementation based on list with empty item!
+
 \newcommand{\message@box@body}{
   \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\linewidth,colsep=1mm,leftskip=1mm,rightskip=1mm]{message}
     \setbox0=\hbox{\usebeamertemplate{message symbol}\unskip}%
@@ -522,6 +526,12 @@
     \usebeamertemplate*{message}}
 }
 
+
+%%%%% verse, quotation, quote:
+
+% see definition in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/base/beamerbaselocalstructure.sty 
+
+
 %%%%% title page %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 %%%%% title page graphic line:

beamerthemeut.sty

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
 
 \mode<presentation>
 
-\usetheme[noset]{lines}
+\usetheme{lines}
+
+%%%%% templates:
 
 \setbeamertemplate{frametitle}[boxline]                  % boxline, boxlinelogo
 \setbeamertemplate{frametitle line}[page][0.75pt]        % text, page
@@ -43,13 +45,15 @@
 \setbeamertemplate{footline line}[page][0.3pt]           % text, page
 \setbeamertemplate{footline separator}[text][0.3pt]      % text, full, dash, space
 
-\setbeamertemplate{itemize item}[arrow]     % default, triangle, circle, square, ball, arrow, filledarrow, dash
+% default, triangle, circle, square, ball, arrow, filledarrow, dash:
-\setbeamertemplate{itemize subitem}[dash]   % default, triangle, circle, square, ball, arrow, filledarrow, dash
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize item}[arrow]
-\defbeamertemplatealias{itemize item}{emph}{filledarrow}
+\setbeamertemplate{itemize subitem}[dash]
-\defbeamertemplatealias{itemize item}{message}{arrow}
+\defbeamertemplatealias{itemize item}{emph}{filledarrow} % for emph action items
+\defbeamertemplatealias{itemize item}{message}{arrow}    % for message action items
 
-\setbeamertemplate{enumerate item}[arabic]  % default, circle, square, ball, alph, Alph, arabic, roman, Roman
+% default, circle, square, ball, alph, Alph, arabic, roman, Roman:
-\setbeamertemplate{enumerate subitem}[alph] % default, circle, square, ball, alph, arabic, roman
+\setbeamertemplate{enumerate item}[arabic]
+\setbeamertemplate{enumerate subitem}[alph]
 
 \setbeamertemplate{block begin}[lines]{0.75pt}{0.75pt}         % default, rounded, lines
 \setbeamertemplate{block end}[lines]{0.75pt}
@@ -75,6 +79,8 @@
 \setbeamertemplate{section name separator}[text][2pt]    % space, text
 \setbeamertemplate{subsection name separator}[text][2pt] % space, text
 
+%%%%% fonts:
+
 \setbeamerfont{footline}{size=\tiny}
 \setbeamerfont{message}{size=\normalsize, series=\bfseries}
 \setbeamerfont{message item}{parent={normal text}, size=\normalsize, series=\bfseries}

lines-example.tex

@@ -230,20 +230,20 @@
     \vspace{-2ex}
     \begin{block}{Itemize}
       \verb!\begin{itemize}!\\
-        \verb!\item Apple!\\
+        \verb!\item[\itemfilledarrow] Apple!\\
-        \verb!\item<2-| alert@3> Orange!
+        \verb!\item<2-| alert@3> Orange!\\
-        \verb!\item<2-| emph@2> Lemon!
+        \verb!\item<2-| emph@2> Lemon!\\
-        \verb!\item<3-| emph@1-> Banana!
+        \verb!\item<3-| emph@1-> Banana!\\
-        \verb!\item<3-> Mango!
+        \verb!\item<3-> Mango!\\
-        \verb!\item<4-| message@1-> Cherries!
+        \verb!\item<4-| message@1-> Cherries!\\
-        \verb! \item<4-> Grapes!
+        \verb!\item<4-> Grapes!\\
         \verb!\end{itemize}!
     \end{block}
   \end{minipage}
   \hfill
   \begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\textwidth}
     \begin{itemize}
-    \item Apple
+    \item[\itemfilledarrow] Apple
     \item<2-| alert@3> Orange
     \item<2-| emph@2> Lemon
     \item<3-| emph@1-> Banana
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@
     \item<4-> Grapes
     \end{itemize}
   \end{minipage}
+  \begin{block}{Colors and fonts for message items}
+    \verb!\setbeamercolor{message item}{fg=red}!\\
+    \verb!\setbeamercolor{message item symbol}{fg=red}!\\
+    \verb!\setbeamerfont{message item}{size=\large}!
+  \end{block}
 \end{frame}
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
@@ -342,6 +347,26 @@
   \end{block}
 \end{frame}
 
+\begin{frame}[fragile]{Quotations}
+  Let's start with a poem:
+  \begin{verse}
+    A \verb!verse! environment.\\With a second line.
+  \end{verse}
+  \vfill
+  Quote something of somebody:
+  \begin{quotation}
+    %{\Huge\bf ''}
+    A \verb!quotation! environment.\\With a second line.
+  \end{quotation}
+  \vfill
+  Quote something else of somebody else:
+  \begin{quote}
+    A \verb!quote! environment.\\With a second line.
+  \end{quote}
+  \vfill
+  ... to be improved (with huge quotation marks and horizontal lines)
+\end{frame}
+
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
 \newcommand{\colorpatch}[1]{%
   \parbox{10ex}{\centerline{\strut#1}\textcolor{#1}{\rule{10ex}{10ex}}}

ut-example.tex

@@ -150,20 +150,20 @@
     \vspace{-2ex}
     \begin{block}{Itemize}
       \verb!\begin{itemize}!\\
-        \verb!\item Apple!\\
+        \verb!\item[\itemfilledarrow] Apple!\\
-        \verb!\item<2-| alert@3> Orange!
+        \verb!\item<2-| alert@3> Orange!\\
-        \verb!\item<2-| emph@2> Lemon!
+        \verb!\item<2-| emph@2> Lemon!\\
-        \verb!\item<3-| emph@1-> Banana!
+        \verb!\item<3-| emph@1-> Banana!\\
-        \verb!\item<3-> Mango!
+        \verb!\item<3-> Mango!\\
-        \verb!\item<4-| message@1-> Cherries!
+        \verb!\item<4-| message@1-> Cherries!\\
-        \verb! \item<4-> Grapes!
+        \verb!\item<4-> Grapes!\\
         \verb!\end{itemize}!
     \end{block}
   \end{minipage}
   \hfill
   \begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\textwidth}
     \begin{itemize}
-    \item Apple
+    \item[\itemfilledarrow] Apple
     \item<2-| alert@3> Orange
     \item<2-| emph@2> Lemon
     \item<3-| emph@1-> Banana
@@ -243,6 +243,25 @@
   Use it!
 \end{frame}
 
+\begin{frame}[fragile]{Quotations}
+  Let's start with a poem:
+  \begin{verse}
+    A \verb!verse! environment.\\With a second line.
+  \end{verse}
+  \vfill
+  Quote something of somebody:
+  \begin{quotation}
+    A \verb!quotation! environment.\\With a second line.
+  \end{quotation}
+  \vfill
+  Quote something else of somebody else:
+  \begin{quote}
+    A \verb!quote! environment.\\With a second line.
+  \end{quote}
+  \vfill
+  ... to be improved (with huge quotation marks and horizontal lines)
+\end{frame}
+
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
 \newcommand{\colorpatch}[1]{%
   \parbox{8ex}{\centerline{\strut#1}\textcolor{#1}{\rule{8ex}{8ex}}}