JeT
**Context**
After thousands of slides written, I am getting lazy.
I'd like to have a more minimal typing.
I keep repeating pretty much the same syntax with the basic reshuffle of `frame,text,block,list`(a presentation !).
Probably a generational thing, but students react much better to content when I indicate an icon (no kidding) like below. `\fontawsome` are pretty nice since they automatically match the font of the text. Convenient when you change your theme. A feature I'd like to better integrate too.
**What I've reached so far**
Quite naively I build `\capsule` to automate the job
`\capsule` is intented to simplifying the wording
```
\newcommand{\capsule}[5][itemize]{
\begin{#2}{#3}
#4 % <- Some text
\begin{#1} % <- It has to be a list here
#5
\end{#1}
\end{#2}
}
```
And it works well.
`\capsule` can wrap a `frame` directly, as above.
It also gives me flexibility to wrap more `\capsule`s in a `frame`.
I sometimes add explanations in my `block` and this `block` has (it becomes too long) to be turned to a `frame`.
On the countrary, I sometimes simplify the content of `frame` that ends up as a `block` in another `frame`.
I can easily upgrade text (to `frame`) or downgrade it (to `block`).
I can also simply toggle to `exampleblock`, `alertblock`, etc.
**Where I am stuck**
`\capsule` is based on a rigid rule that I would need to wrap
- first some text and
- then a list.
I'd like to have more flexibility. For instance, to have the list as first argument and text as second if I need to.
Keys, probably, and it could look like
```
\capsule[
block={alertblock}, % frame,block,exampleblock, theorem, etc
list={enumerate}, % itemize, enumeration, etc
title ={my title}, %
icon = {\faKey}, % in the fontawesome list
]
{ % the list could come first
\item alternative 1
\item alternative 2
}
{% the text could come after
\lipsum[1][1-2] }
```
**MWE**
```
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{transparent} %
\usepackage{fontawesome}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usecolortheme{crane}
\newcommand{\capsule}[5][enumerate]{
\begin{#2}{#3}
#4 % I'd need some flexibility here
\begin{#1} %
#5 %
\end{#1} %
\end{#2}
}
%\faGears
%\faBomb
%\faLinkedinSquare
\begin{document}
%--------- Long version
\begin{frame}{\faKey{} Key concept}
\begin{block}{My block}
Explication sentence that could be longer.
\lipsum[1][1-2]
\begin{itemize}
\item my point
\item alternative 1
\item alternative 2
\item alternative 3
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
\end{frame}
%--------- shorter version with capsule
\begin{frame}{\faKey{} Key concept}
\capsule[itemize]{block}{My block}
{
Explication sentence that could be longer. \par \lipsum[1][1-2]
}
{
\item my point
\item alternative 1
\item alternative 2
\item alternative 3
}
\end{frame}
%--------- Two capsules in a frame
\begin{frame}{\faKey{} Key concept}
\capsule[enumerate]{block}{My block}
{
\lipsum[1][1-1]
\lipsum[1][1-2]}
{
\item my point
\item alternative 1
}
\capsule[itemize]{alertblock}{Important}
{\lipsum[1][1-2]}
{
\item my point
\item alternative 1
}
\end{frame}
% From block ...
\begin{frame}{My frame}
\capsule[itemize]{block}{\faKey{} Key concept}
{ \lipsum[1][1-2] }
{
\item my point
\item alternative 1
\item alternative 2
\item alternative 3
}
\end{frame}
% ... to frame
\capsule[itemize]{frame}{\faKey{} Key concept}
{\lipsum[1][1-2] }
{
\item my point
\item alternative 1
\item alternative 2
\item alternative 3
}
\capsule[enumerate]{frame}{\faGears{} Concept mecanics}
{\lipsum[1][1-3]}
{
\item my point
\item \lipsum[1][1]
\item \lipsum[1][2]
\item \lipsum[1][3]
}
\begin{frame}
\capsule[itemize]{exampleblock}{\faGears{} to illustrate}
{\lipsum[1][1-3]}
{
\item my point
\item \lipsum[1][1]
\item \lipsum[1][2]
\item \lipsum[1][3]
}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
\capsule[itemize]{alertblock}{\faKey{} Key concept}
{\lipsum[1][1-3]}
{
\item my point
\item \lipsum[1][1]
\item \lipsum[1][2]
\item \lipsum[1][3]
}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
\capsule[itemize]{alertblock}{\faBomb{} Be careful}
{\lipsum[1][1-1]}
{
\item my point
\item \lipsum[1][2]
}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
```