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@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ + + GPRESENT version 2.3 + -------------------- + +DESCRIPTION + gpresent is a package for making presentations with groff and + acroread. It consist of a set of macros to be used with groff + and a post-processor for manipulating the PostScript output of + groff. Without the use of the PAUSE macro, it can also be used + for making slides. + +FILES + README - this file + present.tmac - presentation macros + groff_present.7 - manual page of the presentation macros + presentps - post-processor for the output of groff + presentps.1 - manual page of presentps + demo.rof - groff input file of the demonstration + demo.pdf - demonstration of the macros + sidebar.rof - groff input file of the sidebar demonstration + sidebar.pdf - demonstration of a sidebar as header + smile.epsf - used in demos. + piclink.tmac - picture linking macros + groff_piclink.7 - manual page of the picture linking macros + piclink.rof - groff input file of the piclink demonstration + piclink.pdf - demonstration of links inside a picture. + COPYING - the GNU General Public License (GPL) + CHANGES - list of changes compared to previous versions + +USAGE + Presentations: + % groff -mm -mpresent file.rof > file.pps + % presentps -l < file.pps > file.ps + % ps2pdf file.ps + % acroread file.pdf + Slides: + % groff -P-l -mm -mpresent file.rof > file.ps + + Note: + - Do not forget to put in options for the preprocessors that + are to be used. + - On systems were Troff is installed you have to use -mgm + instead of -mm. + +NEEDED + o groff (version 1.18.1 dated Oct 3, 2002 or higher/later) with + the mm macros (included with groff) + groff.ffii.org + o perl (version 5.x) + www.perl.com + o ps2pdf included with Ghostscript (version 5.10 or higher) + www.ghostscript.com + o acroread (version 4.0) + www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html + +INSTALL + o put present.tmac and piclink.tmac in the tmac directory of your + groff installation (and delete old version named tmac.present) + o change the path in the first line of presentps to the path of + your perl version 5.x and put presentps in the bin directory of + your groff installation + o put groff_present.7 and groff_piclink.7 in man/man7 of your + groff installation + o put presentps.1 in man/man1 of your groff installation + +NOTES + o acroread: in your preferences for FullScreen set + Default Transition to Replace + Mouse Cursor to Always Visible or Hidden After Delay + +AUTHOR + Bob Diertens, <bobd@science.uva.nl> + +COPYRIGHT + gpresent is free software. See the file COPYING for copying + permission. + +WEBSITE + www.science.uva.nl/~bobd/useful/gpresent/ + |