VIM as a presentation tool
Install the vim plugin SyntaxRange.
gem install vimdeck
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Write your slides in a markdown file (See below for details on limited markdown syntax)
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Run
vimdeck <file_name.md>and it will generate a file for each slide and open them in VIM
Vimdeck will also provide a script file that will set up keybindings for you.
- PageUp/Left go backwards
- PageDown/Right go forward
This is a tool meant for VIM users. In other words, it is not a VIM plugin — it's a script that converts a plain text document into multiple files.
The only hard dependency is SyntaxRange.
Other than that you may need some syntax highlighting plugins to handle the code syntax highlighting.
Slides are separated by 2 newlines in a row.
Example:
# Slide 1
- has some
- really important
- information
# Slide 2
Is less important
Vimdeck does not compile markdown into something else. It uses a very small subset of markdown. List of items supported:
- h1s
- h2s
- images
- fenced code blocks
That's it. The point of Markdown is that it's human-readable. Other stuff like (un)ordered lists, block quotes, indented code blocks, etc. will be displayed just as they were written.
Fenced code blocks look like this:
```javascript
this.is = 'code'
```
Vimdeck also supports "highlighting" parts of a slide. This is an experimental feature and needs more testing.
Use {~ unimportant_text_here ~} to "unhighlight" portions of a slide:
# Slide Title
{~- Unimportant bullet~}
- Important bullet
{~- Really unimportant bullet~}
This allows you to create multiple versions of the same slide but with different parts highlighted. Which is something I like to use often when presenting code snippets.
Additionally, I want to point out that I realize that it's odd to have a VIM-based tool and not write it as a VIM script. Ruby was my language of choice only because the ascii art dependencies were implemented as ruby gems. Plus, I ♥ ruby.
##Screenshots:
Vimdeck converts h1s and h2s into ascii art
Lists are displayed as they are written
Vimdeck will also augment its vimscript to provide syntax highlighting
Images are even converted to ascii art!
Made by tybenz: tybenz.com // @tybenz