tpp1
Text presentation program
Usage
tpp <OPTIONS>
<FILE>
Overview
Tpp stands for text presentation program and is an ncurses-based presentation tool. The presentation can be written with your favorite editor in a simple description format and then shown on any text terminal that is supported by ncurses - ranging from an old VT100 to the Linux framebuffer to an xterm.
It supports color, various output modes, sliding in text, command prompt, LaTeX conversion and more.
Options
- -h/--help display help
- -l output.tex input.tpp converts tpp slides into tex
- -x allow usage of "--exec"
- -v/--version display version number
Keys
space
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display next entry within page |
|---|---|
space, cursor-down, cursor-right
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display next page |
b, cursor-up, cursor-left
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display previous page |
q, Q
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quit tpp |
j, J
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jump directly to page |
s, S
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jump to the start page |
e, E
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jump to the last page |
c, C
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start command line |
Writing presentations
The tpp presentation formats consists of normal text lines and special commands. Special commands are contained in lines that begin with "--" and the command name.
See /usr/share/doc/tpp/README.gz for complete list of command names, and /usr/share/doc/tpp/examples for TPP presentation examples, including presentation slides that have been in real-life presentations.
Vim syntax file
In /usr/share/doc/tpp/contrib you'll find a syntax file for the vim editor. See /usr/share/doc/tpp/README.gz for installation instructions.
Author contact
Tpp was written by Nico Golde <[email protected]> and Andreas Krennmair <[email protected]>
Releases
9 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 3 times.