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Now this started making sense :) I never realized it was named after a word for a projector. Perhaps because I didn't read the wikipedia article until now. htt
by megous 7y ago
Now this started making sense :) I never realized it was named after a word for a projector. Perhaps because I didn't read the wikipedia article until now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer_(LaTeX) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer_(LaTeX)
- dividuum 7y agoThat's correct. The naming was due to it being initial built to show information (=info) on a projector (=beamer) at a German hacker conference to inform visitors about talks, tweets and more. You can actually see the very first public usage in this old image from 2012: Note the projection in the top middle: https://entropia.de/images/c/cf/GPN12-atarifrosch-20120609-033.jpg https://entropia.de/images/c/cf/GPN12-atarifrosch-20120609-0...
- megous 7y agoI think that Beamer is way older than 2012. I first used it around 2005 when I was learning LaTeX for the first time and wanted to use it for everything, incl. presentations.
- stuaxo 7y agoI didnt realise beamer was a proper (German) word, I assumed it was slang from the demoscene.