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1.7 KiB
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67 lines
1.7 KiB
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sent
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A simple plaintext presentation tool.
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sent does not need latex, libreoffice or any other fancy file format, it uses
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plaintext files and png images. Every line represents a slide in the
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presentation. This may limit the use, but for presentations using the [Takahashi
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method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_method) this is very nice and
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allows you to write down the presentation for a quick lightning talk within a
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few minutes.
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The presentation is displayed in a simple X11 window colored black on white for
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maximum contrast even if the sun shines directly onto the projected image. The
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content of each slide is automatically scaled to fit the window so you don't
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have to worry about alignment. Instead you can really concentrate on the
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content.
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Demo
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To get a little demo, just type
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make && ./sent example
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You can navigate with the arrow keys and quit with `q`. If you get
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sent: could not find a scalable font matching -*-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-*-*-0-0-*-*-*-0-*-*
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you should add the dejavu fonts dir (customize path to fit your distribution)
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with:
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xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/dejavu
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Configuration
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Edit config.h to fit your needs. The font has to be in the X servers font path,
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see `man xset` for how to add it.
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Usage
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sent [-f FONTSTRING] FILE1 [FILE2 ...]
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If one FILE equals `-`, stdin will be read. Use png images by prepending a `@`
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before the filename. A presentation file could look like this:
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sent
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why?
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@nyan.png
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easy to use
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depends on Xlib, libpng
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no bloat
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how?
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sent FILENAME
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one slide per line
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thanks / questions?
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future features
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---------------
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* utf8 support
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* second window for speakers laptop (progress, time, notes?)
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* multiple lines per slide?
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* markdown?
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