NAME¶
pyntor - modular slides viewer and presentation tool
SYNOPSIS¶
pyntor [OPTIONS]
presentation-file|
presentation-archive
DESCRIPTION¶
Pyntor is a presentation tool which can display slides and effects of various
formats thanks to its collection of components which are loaded as specified
in the
presentation-file, commonly called
script. Components can
either affect the rendering or the input handling, or both. They are
documented in detail in
components.txt in the pyntor documentation
directory, while this manual page tries to only briefly document the user
interface to the program on the command line and some keyboard shortcuts to be
used while the pyntor is running.
Since presentations are normally distributed as
presentation-archive
files, usually named
*.pyntor, those too are accepted as parameters to
pyntor. To learn about the creation of presentations and archives, see below
for some references.
OPTIONS¶
- -c, --components
- Creates and outputs a formatted list of slides, tracking the components in
use like in a real presentation. Additionally, all components are checked
for presence and usability. This option is mainly useful for debugging,
but also to get a quick overview of a presentation.
- -d, --direct=scriptline
- IF a presentation only uses a single component, no script needs to be
created. Instead, the component invocation line which would normally be
written into the script can be passed directly on the command line.
- -x, --export=file.pdf|htmldir
- Exports a presentation to a (fixed-size) PDF file, if the option argument
suffix is .pdf, or otherwise to a directory of PNG images and a simple
HTML file with thumbnail preview images.
- -w, --windowed
- When running the presentation, do not switch to fullscreen, but run in a
window instead. This option is also mainly useful for debugging.
- -v, --version
- Displays the version number of Pyntor.
- -h, --help
- Displays a summary of all available command line options. This option
works without providing a script.
- -u, --usage
- Displays common usage scenarios so that the desired effect can be achieved
quickly. The examples are for running a presentation and debugging one,
respectively. This option works without providing a script.
SHORTCUTS¶
The following keyboard shortcuts are supported globally throughout Pyntor. Note
that individual components can make use of additional shortcuts, please
consult the component documentation about this.
- F
- Toggle between fullscreen mode and windowed mode for displaying
slides.
- P
- Pyntor menu to allow jumping to arbitrary slides of the presentation.
- S
- Pyntor menu to allow type-as-you-find fulltext search, followed by slide
jumping as with P. This is useful for the situation of having
people reminded of some slide without knowing the page number after a
talk.
- T
- Gadget displaying the clock time and already spent presentation time in
the lower right corner of the screen. Consecutive presses of the T
key will increase the brightness of the gadget, but usually the indicator
is for the presenter and not for the audience.
AUTHORS¶
Josef Spillner <josef@coolprojects.org>
SEE ALSO¶
pyntor-components(1),
pyntor-selfrun(1)