---
name: "pointless"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pointless"
version: "0.5-5"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pointless"
---

# pointless(1)

show a pointless presentation

## NAME

pointless - show a pointless presentation

## SYNOPSIS

Usage: pointless \[FLAG\] ⎪ \[OPTION\] \<inputfile\>

## DESCRIPTION

Pointless will parse \<inputfile\> and upon success show the presentation. The \<inputfile\> must satisfy the PointLess Language (.pll).  Pointless and the PointLess language is described in the pointless manual  distributed with the source code and available online from our website http://pointless.dk. Consult the pointless manual for a complete description.

## BUGS

The authors will be most grateful for bug-reports.

## REVISION

$Revision: 1.8 $

## AUTHORS

Peter Andreasen \<pandr@pandr.dk\>, Christian Tønsberg \<cht@tonsbergconsult.dk\>, Jacob Weismann \<jwp@dmi.dk\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2002

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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.