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Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by geraldbauer »

preek wrote: post #34
geon wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is it compared to reveal.js? http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/

* Out of the box reveal-js does not support Markdown Slides. Yes, of course they do, but you'll have to write HTML per slide and then embed Markdown. p_slides is Markdown online. * reveal-js is _much_ bigger whereas p_slides relies on well tested and established software. For example many features that you can find on the reveal-js README are also included in p_slides, because it uses W3Org slidy-js[1]. p_slides actu…

You can also you Slide Show (S9) to generate Reveal.js slides from your markdown source. See https://github.com/slideshow-templates/slideshow-reveal.js as an example. The templates are Jekyll-compatible (and, thus, work "out-of-the-box" on GitHub Pages (no plugin required). See http://slideshow-templates.github.io/slideshow-reveal.js/sli... as a live demo. Cheers.

Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by geraldbauer »

Great work. Love the live preview. As (another) alternative (with a 5+ year history) may I suggest Slide Show (S9). S9 lets you use your slide show package of choice when preparing the output from your markdown source. So far packages include: Shower [1], Reveal.js [2], S5 [3], S6 [4], Deck.js [5], Impress.js [6] and some more. Note: All templates / packages are Jekyll/GitHub Pages-compatible/ready. Cheers. [1] https://github.com/slideshow-templates/slideshow-shower [2] https://github.com/slideshow-templates/slideshow-reveal.js ... [5] https://github.com/slideshow-templates/slideshow-deck.js [6] https://github.com/slideshow-templates/slideshow-impress.js

Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by projectramo »

vegabook wrote: post #51
projectramo wrote: post #4

I like the way our tools went from Text -> Graphical interface -> Text You can see this with all the CLI tools being introduced for traditional programs. I suppose people appreciate control and automation.

you like that? I can see how you might like a command line as opposed to a dumbed-down, simplistic, and intelligence-insulting GUI. But I cannot see how you can love Markdown. A shit standard that uglifies everything it touches, instead of celebrating the beauty of typography. There is no inconsistency between liking command line, and being demanding in terms of text layout. Just ask LaTeX.

Well, I like that the format is readable and just plain text files.

If you wrote documents in word 1.0 or WordPerfect or something, they may be lost to the world but markup could still be read by any reader.

Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by Retra »

vegabook wrote: post #51
projectramo wrote: post #4

I like the way our tools went from Text -> Graphical interface -> Text You can see this with all the CLI tools being introduced for traditional programs. I suppose people appreciate control and automation.

you like that? I can see how you might like a command line as opposed to a dumbed-down, simplistic, and intelligence-insulting GUI. But I cannot see how you can love Markdown. A shit standard that uglifies everything it touches, instead of celebrating the beauty of typography. There is no inconsistency between liking command line, and being demanding in terms of text layout. Just ask LaTeX.

What does markdown have to do with text layout? It basically acts like a lightweight, readable version of html. If you don't like how it renders, render it some other way.

Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by CJefferson »

preek wrote: post #58
CJefferson wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This fails (my) personal test of all HTML systems -- it doesn't scale well with changes in resolution, and many projectors will auto-change my laptop's size when I plug them in. My hacked up slide system (which I want to dump, I hacked someone else's library years ago) makes a fixed div of size 1024x768, and then uses CSS zoom to resize that to the browser window.

Could you elaborate? How does it not scale? It's using bootstrap for styling, so there's that. Me and a couple of lecturer peers have been using it in lectures for classes of all sizes which includes different kinds of beamers. As you stated, my machine will also auto-scale resolution in this scenario. If all else fails, there's Strl++/- (; I'm also using it on OS X and Debian. Both work well. And as is recognizable…

Well I could ctrl +/-, but then have to worry some slide mid-presentation will still be too large and have to shrink again.

With PowerPoint / keynote and friends, I can be sure all my text will fit on the screen, even if I end up on a stupid 800x600 projector. No HTML framework, except my hacky mess, seems to do that. Maybe resizing mid presentation bothers other people less than me.

Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by skun »

joeblau wrote: post #12
skun wrote: post #7

For someone who is on windows, this is a godsend. The Mac guys all have Deckset[0] which is amazing. Was searching for something like this to make quick slides. Thanks much :) [0]: http://www.decksetapp.com/

Wow, Deckset looks awesome. I've never looked for something like this, but thanks for mentioning.

You're welcome. The road from here only goes up! Have fun, mac guy :)

Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by skun »

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #13
skun wrote: post #7

For someone who is on windows, this is a godsend. The Mac guys all have Deckset[0] which is amazing. Was searching for something like this to make quick slides. Thanks much :) [0]: http://www.decksetapp.com/

I recently discovered Deckset and I must say I was very happy with it (for markdown editing + PDF export, with code highlighting). Example of use: https://speakerdeck.com/thbar/de-rails-a-phoenix-retour-dexp...

This looks amazing. Is it a custom theme, perhaps?

Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by skun »

dogas wrote: post #15
skun wrote: post #7

For someone who is on windows, this is a godsend. The Mac guys all have Deckset[0] which is amazing. Was searching for something like this to make quick slides. Thanks much :) [0]: http://www.decksetapp.com/

I have used deckset for all of my presentations[1]. It's fantastic, and forces you to follow Zach Holman's rules[2] about slide typography, which is basically "you can't go too big." [1]: https://speakerdeck.com/gammons [2]: http://speaking.io/design/typography/

The presentations look wonderful. Zach has constantly been my inspiration to make better slides. Almost ALL my slides[0] incorporate some of his teachings :)

[0]: http://speakerdeck.com/shrayasr

Re: Marp: Markdown Presentation Writer

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Post by MrTonyD »

I create and deliver a lot of presentations. What I notice: I often use PPT "slide sorter" to reorganize slides. My presentations are usually hundreds of slides, and I can't imagine hunting through markup for my frequent (daily) reorganizing. I also use the Training standard of about 50% to 60% graphics - and I tend to revise and revise graphics as I work on the course. Having integrated graphics is both very fast and very easy - with easy access to other slides for cut/paste (and an integrated library of symbols I create and reuse.)

I'm not complaining about this project...I'm just commenting about why no "production" course developers would consider switching to something like this. Just an FYI.

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