A simple plaintext presentation tool.
sent does not need latex, libreoffice or any other fancy file format, it uses
-plaintext files. Every line represents a slide in the presentation. This may
-limit the use, but for presentations using the [Takahashi
+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.
sent [-f FONTSTRING] FILE1 [FILE2 ...]
-If one FILE equals `-`, stdin will be read. A presentation file could look like
-this:
+If one FILE equals `-`, stdin will be read. Use png images by prepending a `@`
+before the filename. A presentation file could look like this:
sent
why?
+ @nyan.png
easy to use
- few dependencies (X11)
+ depends on Xlib, libpng
no bloat
how?
sent FILENAME
* utf8 support
* second window for speakers laptop (progress, time, notes?)
-* images
* multiple lines per slide?
* markdown?