GIgilad·May 23, 2020Submission
Hovercraft is a tool to make impress.js presentations from reStructuredText
1 points · Open discussionregebro
hovercraft
JavaScript2013–2020
regebro / hovercraft
hovercraft
Make dynamic impressive presentations from text files!
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| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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7 sourcesThis is something that I've been intrigued about too. Most of the cli/text based creation tools out there focus on text based content as well. But, for many people myself included, the desire is really for a text based creation tool that focuses on image or diagram based output. Features like auto tiling (with priority) of images on a slide would be useful.
So many people end up writing what should be their presentation notes as their slide content. Personally I think you're better off with a holding image and move your content to the presenter notes section.
I've used revealjs.com and hovercraft [1] in the past but usually end up on GSuite Slides to throw things together quickly. Slides (like PowerPoint) can't do branching presentation paths though :(
[1] https://github.com/regebro/hovercraft
In Show HN: Markdeck – author cool slides, text-only, offline-ready, collaborativeI want to suggest that WYSIWYG is a really bad formula for presentations.
For my part, I really like Hovercraft (makes impress.js using RST): https://github.com/regebro/hovercraft
If all you are looking for out of WYSIWYG is ease, then I think something like this is just as easy.
In Ask HN: What alternatives to Powerpoint/Prezi are there?Another option in this space:
https://github.com/regebro/hovercraft
Always liked hovercraft as it makes impress.js much more usable. Will have to properly kick the tires on Cleaver
In Cleaver – 30-second slideshows for hackersIf we're plugging, I'm very partial to Hovercraft, which throws a wrapper around impress.js, and provides a proper presenter's console as part of the rendered HTML/JS: https://github.com/regebro/hovercraft
In Marp: Markdown Presentation WriterHovercraft! - make impress.js presentations with reStructuredText
2 points · Open discussionIf you like Impress.js, Hovercraft might be of interest.
https://github.com/regebro/hovercraft
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