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