figured out why the slides were wrong when generated on clifford2

Author: ybertot

documents/Makefile

@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ FHG_paper.pdf : FHG_paper.tex FHG_paper.bib $(PDFFILES) illustration.png
         FHG_paper.tex
 
 $(PDFFILES): %.pdf: %.ps
-	ps2pdf $<
+	ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE=a4 $<

documents/intro_slides.tex

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
 \usepackage{alltt}
 \newdimen\topcrop
-\topcrop=8cm  %alternatively 10cm
+\topcrop=10cm  %alternatively 8cm if the pdf inclusions are in letter format
 \newdimen\topcropBezier
-\topcropBezier=16cm %alternatively 19cm
+\topcropBezier=19cm %alternatively 16cm if the inclusions are in letter format
 
 \setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]
 \title{Smooth trajectories in straight line mazes}