visit1985/mdp

mdp - A command-line based markdown presentation tool.

How to get started

mdp needs the ncursesw headers to compile. So make sure you have them installed:

• on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi) you need libncurses5-dev and libncursesw5-dev
• on Fedora you need ncurses-devel and ncurses-c++-libs

Now download and install mdp:

$ git clone https://github.com/visit1985/mdp.git
$ cd mdp
$ make
$ make install
$ mdp sample.md

• On Arch Linux, you can use the existing package.
• on Cygwin you can use the existing package from the setup program.
• On Debian, you can use the existing DEB package, or run apt-get install mdp.
• On FreeBSD, you can use the port misc/mdp.
• On MacOS, use either the Homebrew Formula by running brew install mdp or install with MacPorts with sudo port install mdp.
• On Slackware, grab the SlackBuild here: (http://slackbuilds.org/apps/mdp/), or run sbopkg -i mdp.
• On Ubuntu, you can use the existing DEB package, or run apt-get install mdp.

Most terminals support 256 colors only if the TERM variable is set correctly. To enjoy mdp's color fading feature:

export TERM=xterm-256color

How to use it

Horizontal rulers are used as slide separator.

Supports basic markdown formatting:

• line wide markup

  • headlines
  • code
  • quotes
  • unordered list

• in-line markup

  • bold text
  • underlined text
  • code

Supports headers prefixed by @ symbol.

• first two header lines are displayed as title and author in top and bottom bar

Review sample.md for more details.

Default controls

• h, j, k, l, Arrow keys, Space, Enter, Backspace, Page Up, Page Down - next/previous slide
• Home, g - go to first slide
• End, G - go to last slide
• 1-9 - go to slide n
• r - reload input file
• q - exit

Configuration

A config.h configuration file is available in include/, change the settings you want and recompile. Colors, keybindings and list types are configurable as of now. Note that configuring colors only works in 8 color mode.

How to debug it

To make a debug version of mdp, just type:

make DEBUG=1

Additional project resources

See the docs folder for any other supporting materials.