MagicPoint

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MagicPoint
DeveloperWIDE Project
Stable release
1.13a / February 13, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-02-13)
Repository
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    Operating systemAny Unix-like
    TypePresentation program
    LicenseBSD license[1]
    Websitehttp://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/

    Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal'). MagicPoint is one of several open-source presentation programs,[2] often used to produce slides for conferences.[3] Unlike most presentation programs, such as Microsoft PowerPoint, where a GUI is used to create slides, MagicPoint slides are created by writing text files using a simple markup language. The resulting file is then displayed with MagicPoint's X11-based viewer.

    History

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    MagicPoint was originally created in the autumn of 1997, at a WIDE Project camp. It was originally known as tp, standing for TinyPoint,[4] but in December the name was changed to MagicPoint.[5]

    Features

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    • Content is written in text files and formatting is indicated by text features. For example, different level bullet points can be created by simply indenting the text with tabs[6]
    • Many image formats are supported[7]
    • Slides can be scaled to different screen sizes[8]
    • External applications can be executed from inside the presentation
    • A talk timer and slide guide are included[7]
    • Presentations can be exported to HTML or PostScript files.[9]

    Another feature of MagicPoint is the ability to draw on slides during a presentation.[2] By pressing x on the keyboard, the slide can temporarily be scribbled on with red "ink". Shift x allows you to cycle through other pen colours.

    References

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    1. ^ FSF Directory
    2. ^ a b Using Linux for Presentations Mini-HOWTO
    3. ^ List of MagicPoint presentation by Google
    4. ^ MagicPoint man page
    5. ^ Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino: itojun's pictorial diary Archived 2007-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
    6. ^ The Grumpy Editor's guide to presentation programs [LWN.net]
    7. ^ a b David MacKay: Useful stuff: Magicpoint
    8. ^ MGP Toolbox
    9. ^ (Linux) Event HOWTO
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