A simple tool for displaying presentations from *.md files (Markdown) on the terminal, written in Ruby and with much love ❤️

An alternative to: mdp, patat, vimdeck, present (python), etc.

sudo apt install build-essential ruby libmagickwand-dev imagemagick

Or install ruby from a version manager tool, like: RVM or asdf-vm

• May work on Ubuntu 20.04 and derivatives

• Ruby 2.5.1 (may work in previous versions and/or current stable versions)

Machine used to test

OS: Pop!_OS 20.10 x86_64

Kernel: 5.11.0-7614-generic

Shell: zsh 5.8

DE: GNOME 3.38.3

Terminal: tilix

CPU: Intel i7-7700 (8) @ 4.200GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB

Memory: 16G DDR4

git clone https://github.com/guilhermefeitosa66/tpt.git ~/.tpt/

cd ~/.tpt

bundle install

cp tpt.rb ./tpt

echo "export PATH=$PATH:~/.tpt/" >> ~/.bashrc

# or if you use zshell

echo "export PATH=$PATH:~/.tpt/" >> ~/.zshrc

You'll need a *.md (Markdown) file and add at the beginning of the file:

{  
  "title": "My Terminal Presentation Tool",
  "author": "Guilherme Feitoza"
}
--tpt-config
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// the rest of your md file

And add this flag: --new-slide in your *.md file, to split the slides sections

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--new-slide
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tpt <path/to/slide.md> or;

tpt <path/to/slide.md> <start slide number>.

Example:

tpt ~/.tpt/example.md

tpt ~/.tpt/example.md 5

• Prev slide: b
• Next slide: n
• Quit: q
• Reload: r