Slidie ====== *Slidie is a slide preparation system which makes illustrations easy and bullet points hard.* Slidie converts a directory full of Inkscape SVGs into a slide show to accompany a presentation. Guided tour ----------- To get a brief overview of how to get started with Slidie, see the :ref:`Slidie guided tour `: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 tour.rst Reference manual ---------------- The following documentation describes each of Slidie's features in detail. Output formats `````````````` Slidie supports rendering slide shows as :ref:`XHTML `, :ref:`PDF ` and :ref:`PNG ` formats, albeit with slightly different sets of supported features beyond the core functionality. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 rendering.rst xhtml-viewer.rst File numbering `````````````` Slidie orders SVG files in a directory :ref:`based on numbers at the start of their filename `. Slidie also provides the :ref:`slidie-mv ` command for conveniently renumbering SVG files to reorganise slides in a show. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 file-numbering.rst slidie-mv.rst Slide builds ```````````` Slides can be built up step-by-step by showing (or hiding) groups Inkscape layers. Slidie provides :ref:`syntax for defining builds ` using special annotations in layer names. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 builds.rst Links ````` Slidie supports :ref:`hyperlinks between slides ` using anchor-style (``#...``) URIs. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 links.rst Speaker notes ````````````` Speaker notes can be embedded within a slide using ```` elements whose contents begin with ``###``. These notes may be written in markdown and can also be associated with specific build steps. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 speaker-notes.rst Magic text `````````` Slidie provides a convenient mechanism for embedding non-SVG-native content such as :ref:`videos