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)