MagicPoint
Template:Infobox Software Script error: No such module "Portal". MagicPoint is one of several open-source presentation programs,[1] often used to produce slides for conferences.[2] Unlike most presentation programs, such as Microsoft PowerPoint, where a GUI is used to create slides, MagicPoint slides are created by writing text files using a simple markup language. The resulting file is then displayed with MagicPoint's X11-based viewer.
History
MagicPoint was originally created in the autumn of 1997, at a WIDE Project camp. It was originally known as tp, standing for TinyPoint,[3] but in December the name was changed to MagicPoint.[4]
Features
- Content is written in text files and formatting is indicated by text features. For example, different level bullet points can be created by simply indenting the text with tabs[5]
- Many image formats are supported[6]
- Slides can be scaled to different screen sizes[7]
- External applications can be executed from inside the presentation
- A talk timer and slide guide are included[6]
- Presentations can be exported to HTML or PostScript files.[8]
Another feature of MagicPoint is the ability to draw on slides during a presentation.[1] By pressing x on the keyboard, the slide can temporarily be scribbled on with red "ink". Shift x allows you to cycle through other pen colours.
References
External links
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- ↑ a b Using Linux for Presentations Mini-HOWTO
- ↑ List of MagicPoint presentation by Google
- ↑ MagicPoint man page
- ↑ Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino: itojun's pictorial diary Template:Webarchive
- ↑ The Grumpy Editor's guide to presentation programs [LWN.net]
- ↑ a b David MacKay: Useful stuff: Magicpoint
- ↑ MGP Toolbox
- ↑ (Linux) Event HOWTO