Make Simple Vu-Graphs

DESCRIPTION:
Automatically formats input that is given interactively to produce a vector suitable as input to vu.

USAGE:
quickvu(head=<<see below>>, listtype=".BL")

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:
head:
the vu commands to start off the slide. The default is to color the title portion in color 1, embolden once and increase the size 20% over the remaining text.
listtype:
The command defining the list type (".DL", ".NL", etc.) By default, bullet lists are produced.

VALUE:
vector of character strings suitable to create a slide with the vu function. The slide consists by default of a multi-line title, left-justified and emboldened once, followed by a list of items.

DETAILS:
The quickvu function prompts for terminal input giving the title (terminated by an empty line). This is followed by input for the list items (one line per item by default) with an empty line signaling the end of the slide. Options are possible (see below).

The title, list marker and list text are generated in colors 1, 2 and 3 respectively. The limit of one line per item can be overridden by beginning the input line with "&". This character is thrown away and the rest of the line taken as a continuation of the previous line. (This allows also the input of vu control lines, but note that color, etc. are set at the beginning of each item; therefore, to change the color of an item make a .C line the first line of the item.)


SEE ALSO:
vu .

EXAMPLES:
  testvu <- quickvu()
Title line: THE FIRST LINE OF THE TITLE
Title line: AND THE SECOND
Title line:
List item: I have a little list
List item: And they'd none of them be missed
List item: &  (which can be continued)
List item: And a third item.
List item:
  vu(testvu)