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Wow, spent some time fiddling with this framework. I really like it and I think the potential is huge, unfortunately I am too lazy so I will probably just stick with PowerPoint. Maybe make an adapter and publish to this format is possible..?


I did something along those lines a few years ago but the scripts for it are long since gone. The basic workflow was to compose the deck in LibreOffice and then do a few conversions:

- ODT -> PDF - PDF -> directory of PNG images

Then all you need is a basic web page with an image and some nav buttons, coupled with some JS that knows the list of files and can update the image's URL based on nav button clicks. At the end you have a portable web slide deck.

Fancier setups are definitely possible (you could for example mimic multi-monitor presenter mode by having multiple pages where one drives the other via websockets, or even just add a timer and presenter's notes) but it gets around having to hope that the other side has a decent PDF reader or a presentation editor that likes your preferred file format.


I use it _because_ I’m lazy. :) PowerPoint is fiddly. Emacs and org-reveal is simple. Just edit in plaintext org. Press a key command and the browser shows the result. Presentation can be version controlled in git.


I look forward to seeing your open-source library that does this. :)




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